On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:55:22 +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off > to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen > resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). > > Why ?
Because you have turned off the whole acpi stack and your vga -or drivers- may need it to be properly detected and setup. > Which solution should I try ? I would try with another set of graphic drivers: if now you're using nouveau, try with nvidia (or viceversa). > Note: > I'm using latest Squeeze 6.0.2.1. > I tried same thing with Ubuntu 11.04 : it works perfectly as FN keys > works without any loss of screen resolution. Then you can compare the packages that you have in both, Ubuntu and Squeeze, and look for the differences. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.19.13.24...@gmail.com
