> > Observation: When running xbacklight --set somevalue it flickers a bit > > and seems to set a random brightness where setting to some value always > > results in the same brightness. 100% looks like 50%, 98% looks like > > 100%, 50% looks like 100% again with other values in between. I have not > > further investigated this, but can do so if needed. > > > > Is it better with xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.1.0 (currently in testing) ? I've been pinged on IRC about this bug, by Brice and I have to mention that I absolutely do not experience it. xbacklight works like a charm for me: X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: Linux Debian Current Operating System: Linux mykerinos 2.6.22-1-686 #1 SMP Mon Jul 23 13:23:02 UTC 2007 i686 Build Date: 14 July 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Aug 4 07:44:36 2007 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Ã�cran générique" (**) | |-->Device "Carte vidéo générique" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad" (WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType (==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) (II) Loader magic: 0x81e50c0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 1.2 X.Org XInput driver : 0.7 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 (++) using VT number 7 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2590 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 8086,2592 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 03,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 8086,2792 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 03,80,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,2660 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,2658 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,2659 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,265a card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,265b card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,265c card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card 0000,0000 rev d3 class 06,04,01 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1e:2: chip 8086,266e card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1e:3: chip 8086,266d card 14f1,5423 rev 03 class 07,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2641 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,266f card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,266a card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 14e4,1677 card 1028,01a3 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:01:0: chip 1180,0476 card 2000,0000 rev b3 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 02:01:1: chip 1180,0552 card 1028,01a3 rev 08 class 0c,00,10 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 02:01:2: chip 1180,0822 card 1028,01a3 rev 17 class 08,05,01 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 02:03:0: chip 8086,4220 card 8086,2721 rev 05 class 02,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,3), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xdfd00000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x100000) MX[B] (II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,6), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 2 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x00002fff (0x1000) IX[B] (II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xdfc00000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x100000) MX[B] (II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x60000000 - 0x63ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) PCI-to-CardBus bridge: (II) Bus 3: bridge is at (2:1:0), (2,3,6), BCTRL: 0x0580 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 3 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B] [1] -1 0 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x60000000 - 0x63ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xdff00000/19, 0xc0000000/28, 0xdfec0000/18, I/O @ 0xec38/3 (--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xdff80000/19 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B] [7] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [11] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B] [15] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B] [18] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B] [19] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B] [20] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B] [21] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B] [22] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B] [23] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B] [24] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B] [25] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B) (II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps: [0] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B] [7] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [11] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B] [15] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B] [18] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B] [19] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B] [20] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B] [21] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B] [22] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B] [23] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B] [24] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B] [25] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B) (II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) All system resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B] [7] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B] [8] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B] [9] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B] [10] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B] [11] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [12] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B) [13] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [14] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B) [15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B] [18] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B] [19] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B] [20] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B] [21] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B] [22] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B] [23] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B] [24] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B] [25] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B] [26] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B] [27] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B] [28] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B] [29] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B] [30] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B] [31] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B) (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension SHAPE (II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD (II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS (II) Loading extension SYNC (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XC-MISC (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (==) AIGLX enabled (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.13.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension RECORD (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) LoadModule: "intel" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 (II) LoadModule: "kbd" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7 (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7 (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33 (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found (--) Chipset 915GM found .../...
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