Bug#494686: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Brightness buttons stoped working sice upgrade to, 1:6.9.0-1+lenny1 on dell latitude C640

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Kjo Hansi Glaz wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> On dell latitude C640, the brightness buttons used to work, but some
> time ago they stoped working under X (but they still work in the text
> consoles). I think this regression was introduced by this upgrade :
>     xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.9.0-1 -> 1:6.9.0-1+lenny1
>   

There's no code change between these package versions, so I don't think
this upgrade matters.

Can you try going back to 6.8.x using snapshot.debian.net ? There's been
6.8.0-1, 6.8.191-1 and 6.8.192-1 in unstable before (the other ones do
not change the code).

Brice