Bug 522610 - Update to kernel 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 broke brightness changing
Summary: Update to kernel 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 broke brightness changing
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-09-10 20:04 UTC by JanS
Modified: 2010-06-28 14:34 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 14:34:38 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
lshal for kernel 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 (132.42 KB, text/plain)
2009-09-10 20:04 UTC, JanS
no flags Details
lshal for kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 (129.29 KB, text/plain)
2009-09-10 20:05 UTC, JanS
no flags Details

Description JanS 2009-09-10 20:04:51 UTC
Created attachment 360564 [details]
lshal for kernel 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586

Description of problem:

On kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 I could change brightness with gnome-brightness-applet
After update to kernel 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 changing brightness does not work anymore.

I think it could have something in common with the appearance of the device "Generic Backlight Device" in lshal. Here is a one part from lshal, it wasn't there before:


 udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight'
  info.addons = {'hald-addon-generic-backlight'} (string list)
  info.capabilities = {'laptop_panel'} (string list)
  info.category = 'laptop_panel'  (string)
  info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel'} (string list)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'  (string)
  info.product = 'Generic Backlight Device'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'backlight'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight'  (string)
  laptop_panel.access_method = 'general'  (string)
  laptop_panel.brightness_in_hardware = false  (bool)
  laptop_panel.num_levels = 8  (0x8)  (int)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'backlight'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0'  (string)


Another issue is that now (after kernel update) suspend often fails, and drops to login screen insead of sleeping a computer. After doing login in this state, X are starting slowly and on the Brightness Applet icon appears a red sign. Power Manager seems to be dead too.

It is hard to test changing brightness with multimedia (Fn + XX) keys as in Samsung laptops they are broken, i.e. they are not sending key release events (see Bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14052). So using Brightness Applet is the only way.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 11 up to date, i.e.
kernel.i586                        2.6.30.5-43.fc11 
gnome-applets.i586                 1:2.26.3-1.fc11

How reproducible:
Allways

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Test changing brightness with Brightness Applet
2. Update to 2.6.30.5-43.fc11 kernel
3. See 
  
Actual results:
Brightness Applet does nothing. Brightness keys are broken and are hanging keyboard. I cannot change backlight.

Expected results:
Both brightness keys and Brightness Applet can change display brightness.


Additional info:
Samsung X360
see new and old lshal in attachments for more info.

Comment 1 JanS 2009-09-10 20:05:57 UTC
Created attachment 360565 [details]
lshal for kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586

Comment 3 Eric Donkersloot 2009-11-30 20:27:55 UTC
This report seems to be a duplicate of #519105

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