Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751559Ab3GXLcc (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:32:32 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.219.44]:40359 "EHLO mail-oa0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751005Ab3GXLcb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:32:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24129555.GbVZ9SDS5Q@vostro.rjw.lan> References: <24129555.GbVZ9SDS5Q@vostro.rjw.lan> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:32:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [v3.11-rc2] regression: brightness always on maximum. From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Otte?= To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, Linus Torvalds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 889 Lines: 26 2013/7/24 Rafael J. Wysocki : > On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 09:52:15 AM Jörg Otte wrote: >> The brightness of my laptop is always on maximum and can't be scaled >> down. >> Brightness control via function keys was always working on this >> laptop, so this is a regression in v3.11-rc2. > > Is there any other way to control brightness on your system (eg. through a GUI)? Yes > If so, does it work? No, it has no visible effect. > Also, does reverting commit efaa14c help? No > If it doesn't help, does reverting > commit 8c5bd7a too (so that both are reverted) help? Yes, reverting both fixes the problem for me. Thanks, Jörg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/