From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754538AbYI3Xj5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:39:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754270AbYI3XjA (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:39:00 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:51034 "EHLO UNKNOWN" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753514AbYI3XjA (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:39:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:19:52 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: carbonated beverage Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad brightness keys kill X on 2.6.26.5 Message-ID: <20080930231952.GB15903@ucw.cz> References: <20080925060244.GA18945@net-ronin.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080925060244.GA18945@net-ronin.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I just upgraded from 2.6.25.17 to 2.6.26.5 on my Thinkpad Z61t, and found > the brightness keys will cause the X server to die. When using the > brightness up/down keys, the screen will go blank -- Control+Alt+F# will > still switch to a different virtual console, but switching back will not > restore the video state. > > After killing the window manager, I was able to bring up X again without > a problem -- but using the brightness keys still causes it to go blank > again within X, while the brightness does get changed correctly on the > console. > > There were no kernel messages, but this appeared in the Xorg log: Yes, I had similar problems... for me it blanked screen on closing lid. Problem disappeared after upgrading X... > .config attached -- is this a known issue? In the meantime, I'm starting > a bisection to figure out where the problem crops up. For me CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO never really worked... -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html