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Bug 423991

Summary:	M6300 Back light does not go out when lid is closed
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Larry Troan <ltroan>
Component:	gnome-power-manager	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <rhughes>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	5.1	CC:	ichute, jfeeney, mclasen, tao, wwlinuxengineering, xgl-maint
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Larry Troan 2007-12-13 19:58:54 UTC

Description of problem:

Running RHEL5.1 x86_64, the Dell Precision Mobile M6300 backlight stays on when
the lid is closed. It needs to go out and stay out to pass certification.

How reproducible:
Power up the M6300, close the lid and observe the light by peering through the
slit between the keyboard and the top.

Actual results:
Back light stays on when lid is closed.

Expected results:
Back light should turn off and stay off to conserve battery power until lid is
reopened.

Additional info:
Verify BIOS is latest before debugging (believe 01).

Comment 1 John Feeney 2008-01-30 16:23:08 UTC

Dell has found that with the addition of "xset dpms on/off" directive, the 
binary nVidia driver will turn off the backlight when the lid is closed. Thus, 
it would appear as though the issue is in the nv and vesa xorg drivers.  As a
result, I am re-assigning this bugzilla.

Comment 4 Dave Maley 2008-06-05 19:38:50 UTC

re-assigning to g-p-m

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2008-06-05 19:54:57 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 9 Adam Jackson 2008-06-23 14:40:56 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> Hello,
> 
> Dell is asking if this has been reassigned to a g-p-m engineer.  Has this been
> considered yet?

The bug is in the g-p-m component, but I'm not the engineer for that.  Reassigning.

Comment 14 Matthias Clasen 2008-07-14 20:18:04 UTC

Acking it based on the fact that Richard proposed a solution further up:

"We can add a call into g-p-m to do the xset (it's there in later versions)"

Comment 15 Richard Hughes 2008-09-10 12:41:26 UTC

Can I close this bug as a dupe of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=423931 ?

Comment 19 Matthias Clasen 2008-09-16 13:34:31 UTC

Marking as duplicate, as discussed further up

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 423931 ***