FS#16158 : [hal] brigthness problems

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FS#16158 - [hal] brigthness problems

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by mattia (nTia89) - Saturday, 12 September 2009, 16:31 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 07 March 2010, 13:43 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture	All
Severity	Medium
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	1 mattia (nTia89) (2009-09-12)
Private	No

Details

Description:

brigthness problems OR brigthness broken on Apple MacBook (2,1)

Additional info:

* 2.6.30.5 kernel on x86_64
* openbox 3.4.7.2
* HAL 0.5.13

Steps to reproduce:

when i press the dedicated monitor's up-brightness key , brigthness value become 0, then if i press the key again, brightness suddenly become to the right value
and this is in a circle. if i press again brightness s key that become 0, then if i press key again brigthness become to the right value

instead if i want to reduce the brigthness by right key i can't because it increases

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Closed by Jan de Groot (JGC)
Sunday, 07 March 2010, 13:43 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Should be fixed in 0.5.14-2. ioperm address reservation calls were wrong in macbook(pro) backlight backends.