Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working
From: Norbert Preining
Date: Thu Nov 11 2010 - 23:15:14 EST
On Fr, 12 Nov 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Then yes, that's probably related to sony-laptop. If you run evtest
> against the /dev/input/event device that corresponds to sony-laptop,
> what events do you get when you hit the brightness keys?
(after playing around to find the right /dev/input/event?)
Event: time 1289535264.900005, type 1 (Key), code 470 (?), value 1
Event: time 1289535264.900013, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 10
Event: time 1289535264.900016, -------------- Report Sync ------------
Event: time 1289535264.914232, type 1 (Key), code 470 (?), value 0
Event: time 1289535264.914239, -------------- Report Sync ------------
Event: time 1289535265.415803, type 1 (Key), code 471 (?), value 1
Event: time 1289535265.415827, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 11
Event: time 1289535265.415835, -------------- Report Sync ------------
Event: time 1289535265.430214, type 1 (Key), code 471 (?), value 0
Event: time 1289535265.430217, -------------- Report Sync ------------
(pressing brightness down and up, each once)
Best wishes
Norbert
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