Created attachment 619672 [details] Xorg logs Description of problem: BAcklight brightness control have no effect, screen is dimmed to the minimum as soon as boot starts which makes it very hard to use the laptop. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-3.6.0-0.rc7.git1.4.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the system Actual results: Brightness is set to minimum and no way to increase it. Expected results: Brightness control is effective, as it was with kernel < 3.4 Additional info: The issue first appeared with kernel 3.4 (in the last few rc cycles iirc). No control can change the brightness. It looks like brightness is set to the max, but in fact it's so dimmed that it's barely readable. # cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness 7 # cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness 7 # cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness 7 Booting with "acpi_backlight=vendor" has no effect. Issue occurs in console (with KMS) and in Xorg (with nouveau), as soon as the kernel starts, the brightness is set to the minimum.
Created attachment 619673 [details] lspci
Created attachment 619674 [details] dmesg
Problem is still present in vanilla kernel 3.6.2. The git commit that caused this regression upstream is b99da31 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b99da31 Reverting this patch restores functionality diff -up linux-3.6.0-0.rc7.git1.4.fc18.x86_64/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv10_gpio.c.revert-b99da31 linux-3.6.0-0.rc7.git1.4.fc18.x86_64/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv10_gpio.c --- linux-3.6.0-0.rc7.git1.4.fc18.x86_64/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv10_gpio.c.revert-b99da31 2012-09-28 11:29:21.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-3.6.0-0.rc7.git1.4.fc18.x86_64/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv10_gpio.c 2012-09-28 11:31:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ nv10_gpio_drive(struct drm_device *dev, if (line < 10) { line = (line - 2) * 4; reg = NV_PCRTC_GPIO_EXT; - mask = 0x00000003; + mask = 0x00000003 << ((line - 2) * 4); data = (dir << 1) | out; } else if (line < 14) {
Can you please attach your /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/vbios.rom? I remember this issue occurring on some older chipsets when it was first committed, and I think I may have actually found the cause for those and fixed it for 3.7. However, I wouldn't expect such a fix to be relevant on your GPU. The above patch *is* correct, and reverting can potentially have other (worse) side-effects. But, I'll take a look at your vbios image and see what's up here. Thanks!
Created attachment 631308 [details] vbios.rom from GeForce Go 7950 GTX
(In reply to comment #4) > Can you please attach your /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/vbios.rom? Attached > I remember this issue occurring on some older chipsets when it was first > committed, and I think I may have actually found the cause for those and > fixed it for 3.7. However, I wouldn't expect such a fix to be relevant on > your GPU. Well maybe because my laptop is indeed getting old :) > The above patch *is* correct, and reverting can potentially have other > (worse) side-effects. Oh, nono, I am not asking for a revert, I completely understand the patch is correct (otherwise many more would be affected), the goal was to point out what first caused the issue on that hardware. > But, I'll take a look at your vbios image and see what's up here. Thanks!
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*********** MASS BUG UPDATE ************** We apologize for the inconvenience. There is a large number of bugs to go through and several of them have gone stale. It has been over a month since we asked you to test the 3.11 kernel updates and let us know if your issue has been resolved or is still a problem. When this happened, the bug was set to needinfo. Because the needinfo is still set, we assume either this is no longer a problem, or you cannot provide additional information to help us resolve the issue. As a result we are closing with insufficient data. If this is still a problem, we apologize, feel free to reopen the bug and provide more information so that we can work towards a resolution If you experience different issues, please open a new bug report for those.