[Intel-gfx] New Samsung driver for backlight control.

[Mike Lothian]

2009/9/9 Matthias Hopf <mhopf at suse.de>:
> On Sep 08, 09 22:51:11 +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>> 2009/9/8 Matthias Hopf <mhopf at suse.de>:
>> > On Aug 29, 09 22:16:54 +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>> >> I think the problem maybe due to the intel KMS driver not exporting
>> >> BACKLIGHT information via Xrandr ie xbacklight doesn't work
>> >
>> > That is fixed in git master. It's also called "Backlight" now (according
>> > to RandR style guides), with BACKLIGHT as a fallback.
>>
>> I'm using the latest git however the backlight property isn't exported
>> in either case. I'm using a GM45 if this is significant
>
> Can you check whether you have any backlight controlling module loaded?
> Just check whether you have anything in /sys/class/backlight.
>
> If there isn't, try loading the samsung module with force=1, and if that
> works ask GregKH to add your pci ids to the driver.
>
> Matthias
>
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Hi

Yes I have:

/sys/class/backlight/samsung/*

Regards

Mike