On 07/18/2012 07:53 PM, John Burrell wrote: > > >> Are CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP and CONFIG_DELL_WMI set as Y or M in your kernel >> config? > > CONFIG_DELL_WMI is set as a module. I don't see CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP
In 3.4 kernel, it is located under "x86 specific drivers" or whatever. It is marked as "DELL Laptop Extras" I think. Second option with name beginning with DELL before DELL WMI. It's help says that it handles rfkill and brightness, so if you can get that one, maybe it could help. >> >> Anyways, you can try adding acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor to your >> kernel command line. I doubt it will change anything, but it's worth a >> try. Other than that, I'm out of ideas. > > You're right, it makes no difference and of course setting acpi=off means the > nouveau module is not loaded and it falls back to using vesa. > > I guess this will have to stay as one of those quirky things that doesn't > have an obvious solution. I expect a nvidia driver programmer could solve it > but I don't have access to one of those. > > Thanks for your time and comments Armin and thanks to everyone who > contributed to this thread - it's much appreciated. > > jb. > > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
