[Debian-eeepc-devel] Problems with backlight strength

Kasper Loopstra kasper.loopstra at gmail.com
Mon May 19 13:38:16 UTC 2008


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Ben Armstrong wrote:
> Kasper,
> 
>> I'm using a 4G EeePC with Lenny from the installer, running xfce. When
>> the system screensaver shuts of the screen, and a keypress brings it
>> back on, it goes to the default backlight strength, instead of whatever
>> it has been set to before shutting off. When pressing ither FnF3 or FnF4
>> it goes to whatever level it was set at plus or minus one (as if it
>> remembered the screen strength in the screensaver.)
>>
>> Where should I start looking in settings files to fix this?
> 
> I've seen issues with brightness before, but not this one in particular.
> 
> It could be a problem with xserver-xorg-video-intel, which is at
> version 2:2.2.1-2 in Lenny.  On my Sid system, which is at version
> 2:2.3.1-1, I can't reproduce the problem.
> 
> Ben

Is there a way to selectively upgrade this package to the version in
Sid, or do the dependencies prohibit this? Is there any other way to
test which package is causing the problem?

Kasper

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