From unknown Fri Mar 29 04:33:35 2024 Received: (at 617) by bugs.devuan.org; 12 Oct 2021 11:20:02 +0000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: devuanbugs@dyne.org Received: from tupac3.dyne.org [195.169.149.119] by doc.devuan.org with IMAP (fetchmail-6.4.0.beta4) for (single-drop); Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mo-sw.mose-mail.jp (mo-sw1801-0.mose-mail.jp [202.238.237.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vm6.ganeti.dyne.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A01B3F60B59 for <617@bugs.devuan.org>; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:14:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mo-sw.mose-mail.jp (mose-mo-sw1801) id 19CBEJE2024467; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:14:19 +0900 Received: from quark (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mbox.mose-mail.jp (mose-mbox1800) id 19CBEHg6004416 for <617@bugs.devuan.org>; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:14:18 +0900 Received: from olaf (uid 1000) (envelope-from olaf@ueda.ne.jp) id 2ac6a5 by quark (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.11); Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:14:17 +0900 References: <163396916488.2227.13166665119512005807.reportbug@om.lichtvoll> <1706830.h0UYPgaZyk@ananda> User-agent: mu4e 1.0; emacs 26.1 From: Olaf Meeuwissen To: Martin Steigerwald , 617@bugs.devuan.org, devuan developers internal list Cc: Mark Hindley Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] bug#617: initscripts: brightness init script sets brightness to zero, thus blanking laptop display In-reply-to: <1706830.h0UYPgaZyk@ananda> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:14:17 +0900 Message-ID: <87mtneijg6.fsf@quark> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=disabled version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on tupac3.dyne.org Hi, Martin Steigerwald writes: > Dear Mark. > > Mark Hindley - 11.10.21, 19:06:44 CEST: >> The brightness initscript seems to save >> /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness to >> /var/lib/initscripts/brightness when it is stopped. >> >> On your system, what does the >> /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness contain? > > I can check tomorrow again. However… after I wrote "512" to the > "/var/lib/initscripts/brightness" file, brightness is set correctly after > reboot. So I am not sure I can reproduce the original condition after > the update anymore. > > So or so, I think it would be good to ensure a minimum brightness level, > as a completely blank display can only be fixed with a live Linux, SSH > access or some other out of band management access. Does this mean that even switching to the console (Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc) doesn't give you a screen where can see what you're doing? Just wondering, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join