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No longer able to turn lcd backlight off with 2.6.11->2.6.12-rc2

DISCUSSION klug 2 participants 2 messages Apr 11, 2005 – Apr 12, 2005 1 message not in the archive ACPI

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After upgrading to 2.6.11.6 from 2.6.9 I am no longer able to turn the lcd backlight off with the command "echo lcd_out:0 > /proc/acpi/toshiba/video". I have since tried, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.12-rc1, and 2.6.12-rc2 with no luck. With that command I have been able to turn the lcd backlight off with all 2.6 kernels up to and including 2.6.9. Previous to the upgrade, nothing appeared in my kernel logs after giving the command, however, now with 2.6.11->2.6.12-rc2 I get the entry "[kernel] video bus notify". I have also tried the new option "CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPOT", but again that does not allow me to turn the backlight off. My complete setup including hardware/kernel options is avaiable at, http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4468

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I tested 2.6.10, and had the same results as with 2.6.11->2.6.12-rc2. So it appears this is where the problem began.

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After upgrading to 2.6.11.6 from 2.6.9 I am no longer able to turn the lcd backlight off with the command "echo lcd_out:0 > /proc/acpi/toshiba/video". I have since tried, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.12-rc1, and 2.6.12-rc2 with no luck. With that command I have been able to turn the lcd backlight off with all 2.6 kernels up to and including 2.6.9. Previous to the upgrade, nothing appeared in my kernel logs after giving the command, however, now with 2.6.11->2.6.12-rc2 I get the entry "[kernel] video bus notify". I have also tried the new option "CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPOT", but again that does not allow me to turn the backlight off. My complete setup including hardware/kernel options is avaiable at, http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4468

-klug

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