Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:55:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:55:48 -0400 Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com ([204.127.198.38]:37875 "EHLO rwcrmhc51.attbi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:55:47 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Eric Altendorf Reply-To: EricAltendorf@orst.edu To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ACPI Toshiba-extras LCD backlight control not working anymore? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:28:38 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200210181528.38731.EricAltendorf@orst.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 24 I can see the brightness levels: [eric@localhost eric]$ cat /proc/acpi/toshiba/lcd brightness: 5 brightness_levels: 8 but I cannot change them. Values echoed to the file are silently ignored. This used to work many versions ago (maybe 2.5.25, I don't recall). It hasn't worked since 2.5.38, at least. Anyone know what happened? Eric -- "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. And then you win." -Gandhi - 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/