Hm, strange, works fine here on t61p , standard archlinux kernel, nothing out of the ordinary. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Michael Schaefer <archlinux.org@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I've similar problem here with my X60s. > > echo 'up' >! /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness > > works fine but using the hotkeys has no effect. I now realized that xev > doesn't return a keycode for FN+HOME and FN+END at all. FN only gives a > keycode as well as HOME and END on its own do. > > However, i'm using Vanilla, so don't expect this to be an arch related > problem. AFAIK things concerning brightness adjustment changed for > 2.6.29 in the acpi/video branch. > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9e6dada9d255497127251c03aaa59296d186f959 > > did anyone solve the problem? > > regards - Michael > > > On 17.04.2009 04:13, Adam Stokes wrote: > > So pressing the fn home/end for brightness alters : > > > > /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/brightness > > > > doing an: > > > > echo '100' >/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/brightness > > > > My .config for the kernel is set to: > > > > CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO=y > > CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m > > CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m > > > > lsmod shows: > > > > thinkpad_acpi 70316 0 > > rfkill 11444 4 iwl3945,thinkpad_acpi > > led_class 4344 3 iwl3945,sdhci,thinkpad_acpi > > nvram 7868 1 thinkpad_acpi > > > > dmesg shows: > > thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.22 > > thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ > > thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 7LETA7WW (2.07 ), EC 7KHT24WW-1.08 > > thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad T61, model 6464Y1E > > thinkpad_acpi: ACPI backlight control delay disabled > > thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled > > thinkpad_acpi: This ThinkPad has standard ACPI backlight brightness > > control, supported by the ACPI video driver > > thinkpad_acpi: Disabling thinkpad-acpi brightness events by default... > > thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not > > loading native one. > > > > kernel is 2.6.29-ARCH > > > > anyone know why the brightness still refuses to work? > > > -- http://divineintervention.no
