Re: Re: i915kms.ko regression?

And they're $900 on amazon, sorry :(

(My Zenbook works fine, but it's not exactly the same.)

Does -HEAD do the same thing still?


-a


On 21 May 2015 at 21:57, Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know . Unfortunately the drm2 update landed in between some
> backlight changes in upstream ,and it's quite possible that we've hit
> some magic point in the linux history where the backlight broke for
> various versions of laptops.
>
> It's fine for all the models I own, so unless someone buys me one so I
> can tinker with it, you're going to have to wait for the next drm2
> update to more recent Linux code.
>
>
>
> -adrian
>
>
> On 21 May 2015 at 20:45, Johannes Jost Meixner <xmj_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> Stefan is seeing the same issue I've started seeing in February.
>>
>> We're both using ASUS UX32VDs
>> (https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/ASUS_UX32VD).
>>
>> What's the actual fix for it?
>> - -J
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How are things ? Still using Zenbook ?
>>>
>>> Im running out of ideas: it seems I cant update anymore my FreeBSD
>>>  11 to latest HEAD release since Xorg refuses to work/start nicely
>>>  on this laptop. Something broke down Xorg after drm2 update at the
>>>  beginning of Feb 2015.
>>>
>>> I logged here the entire story:
>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198937
>>>
>>> Any tips very welcome. Are you using FreeBSD current on Zenbook ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
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>> Subject: Re: i915kms.ko regression?
>> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:29:20 -0800
>> From: Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org>
>> To: Michael Reifenberger <mike_at_reifenberger.com>
>> CC: Lutz Bichler <lutz.bichler_at_gmail.com>, Johannes Meixner
>> <xmj_at_freebsd.org>, current_at_freebsd.org <current_at_freebsd.org>
>>
>> There's a backlight_invert tunable/hint that you can set in
>> /boot/loader.conf . Try setting it to 1 and rebooting.
>>
>>
>> - -a
>>
>>
>> On 5 February 2015 at 10:32,  <mike_at_reifenberger.com> wrote:
>>> Am 2015-02-05 09:46, schrieb Lutz Bichler:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Johannes,
>>>>
>>>> i am experiencing a similar behavior on an Asus UX31A. The
>>>> display is active but brightness seems to be near 0 and
>>>> unchangeable.
>>>>
>>>> Reverting https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277959 made
>>>> me get full brightness again. Unfortunately, brightness changing
>>>>  does not work.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Me too for my Asus UX32VD Notebook.
>>>
>>> Greetings --- Michael Reifenberger
>>>
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