Re: Some actions destroy backlite on Lenovo X61s

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

reassign 754659 xserver-xorg
severity 754659 normal
thanks

On Sun, 13 Jul 2014, Klaus Ethgen wrote:

> Package: luakit
> Version: 2012.09.13-r1-3
> Severity: critical
> 
> I tagged that bug critical as it has some bad effect to the hardware. I
> am not fully sure where the problem lives in. The only informations that
> I have I will put into this report.
> 
> I use luakit on my laptop, a Lenovo X61s with a intel GM965/GL960
> graphic controller. I am not able to reproduce that bug with any other
> browser or software or any other hardware. As X is involved, I will also
> attach the full Xorg log of a broken session.
> 
> When I use luakit and _load new pages_ it often blanks the screen by
> switching the backlight of. There is no way to switch it back on again
> but with a trick, putting the laptop to sleep and waking it up again, I
> get some backlight back. Some means in this case that only the right
> side is lighted. I have to do a full system restart to get the proper
> backlight back. I do not know if that is good for the hardware or not
> but I do not think that it should be the case that a browser is able to
> destroy hardware.
> 
> I have no idea what does trigger the bug but I fear about using luakit
> on that laptop anymore.
> 
> [...]

luakit is just a web browser and has no direct access to hardware by itself.
I'm reassigning this report to xserver-xorg as the most probably package
to blame, but even in such case, be ready to provide the X maintainers
whatever additional information they might ask you.

Thanks.