T510i backlight

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Hello,

I posted the below request to the user support list, but no interest there.

http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2010-December/049149.html

On 30.11.2010 13:01, linux-thinkpad-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with the backlight of my T510i running Ubuntu 10.10,
> all other ACPI functions on this computer seem to work as usual. The
> brightness setting does not respond to hotkeys or power saving settings,
> neither manually echoing settings to
> /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness. The brightness is normally
> at maximum, but sometimes very dim, only suspend/wakeup cycle will
> restore it to maximum.
>
> Echo and hotkey change the value in the sys file but have no real effect.

Replying to myself: I tried loading thinkpad_acpi with forced backlight 
control. /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen tree appears and works 
with hotkeys but no actual brightness change this way either.

[31962.708349] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[31962.708354] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[31962.708356] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 6MET61WW (1.24 ), EC 
6MHT38WW-1.13
[31962.708359] thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad T510, model 43149VG
[31962.709858] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 16-level brightness capable 
ThinkPad
[31962.710211] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled
[31962.710230] thinkpad_acpi: This ThinkPad has standard ACPI backlight 
brightness control, supported by the ACPI video driver
[31962.710233] thinkpad_acpi: Disabling thinkpad-acpi brightness events 
by default...
[31962.720122] thinkpad_acpi: rfkill switch tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: radio 
is unblocked
[31962.725961] thinkpad_acpi: rfkill switch tpacpi_wwan_sw: radio is 
unblocked
[31962.726445] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
[31962.726545] Registered led device: tpacpi::power
[31962.726794] Registered led device: tpacpi::standby
[31962.726904] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinkvantage
[31962.732634] thinkpad_acpi: Backlight control force enabled, even if 
standard ACPI backlight interface is available
[31962.735613] thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode: 
monitor (read only)
[31962.741476] input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as 
/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input23

lsmod output:
Module                  Size  Used by
mt2060                  4118  0 
af9013                 19970  0 
dvb_usb_af9015         24754  0 
dvb_usb                14597  1 dvb_usb_af9015
dvb_core               88505  1 dvb_usb
nls_utf8                1069  0 
isofs                  30022  0 
thinkpad_acpi          67659  0 
nls_iso8859_1           3261  0 
nls_cp437               4931  0 
vfat                    9201  0 
fat                    48240  1 vfat
usb_storage            40204  0 
aes_i586                7280  0 
aes_generic            26875  1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc             6599  1 
parport_pc             26378  0 
ppdev                   5556  0 
nvidia               9331115  45 
rfcomm                 33811  0 
sco                     7998  0 
bnep                    9542  0 
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi    13615  4 
l2cap                  37008  4 rfcomm,bnep
btusb                  11001  0 
bluetooth              50500  5 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
hdaps                   9008  1 
thinkpad_ec             5554  1 hdaps
arc4                    1165  2 
snd_hda_codec_conexant    29939  1 
iwlagn                179815  0 
joydev                  8735  0 
snd_hda_intel          22203  2 
iwlcore               127479  1 iwlagn
snd_hda_codec          87552  3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi            4588  0 
snd_hwdep               5040  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                71603  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi            17783  1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211              231541  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_page_alloc          7216  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_seq_midi_event      6047  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47174  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19067  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5744  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
qcserial                3484  0 
cfg80211              144470  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
intel_agp              26784  0 
agpgart                32075  2 nvidia,intel_agp
video                  18712  0 
output                  1883  1 video
tpm_tis                 7658  0 
uvcvideo               55911  0 
videodev               43098  1 uvcvideo
snd                    49006  14 thinkpad_acpi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
usb_wwan                9953  1 qcserial
soundcore                880  1 snd
tpm                    13741  1 tpm_tis
v4l1_compat            13359  2 uvcvideo,videodev
intel_ips              11101  0 
usbserial              33100  2 qcserial,usb_wwan
nvram                   6342  1 thinkpad_acpi
lp                      7342  0 
tpm_bios                5310  1 tpm
psmouse                59033  0 
parport                31492  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
serio_raw               4022  0 
usbhid                 36978  0 
hid                    67742  1 usbhid
e1000e                133436  0 
firewire_ohci          21394  0 
ahci                   19013  0 
sdhci_pci               6339  0 
firewire_core          46675  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci                  15954  1 sdhci_pci
libahci                21731  3 ahci
led_class               2633  2 thinkpad_acpi,sdhci
crc_itu_t               1383  1 firewire_core


Please help?

Jussi





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