> I have Debian Squeeze installed on an ASUS EeePC 901, using the i915
> video drivers and linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae from squeeze-
> backports.
>
> If I dim the display using the KDE power gadget a lot, or allow it to dim
> automatically due to low battery, it dim suddenly to a barely perceivable
> level and I can not restore the display to full brightness without
> rebooting except for a brief flicker when the display is switched off.

I had an older ThinkPad that used to do this, and I never solved it,
but I did find a work-around -- if I did "ctrl-alt-F1" to switch
to a text console, the keyboard brightness controls would work, and
then when I did "ctrl-alt-F7" to switch back to the X-window system,
the brightness would be preserved.

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Andrew Reid wrote:


>> If I dim the display using the KDE power gadget a lot, or allow it to dim
>> automatically due to low battery, it dim suddenly to a barely perceivable
>> level and I can not restore the display to full brightness without
>> rebooting except for a brief flicker when the display is switched off.
>
> I had an older ThinkPad that used to do this, and I never solved it,
> but I did find a work-around -- if I did "ctrl-alt-F1" to switch
> to a text console, the keyboard brightness controls would work, and
> then when I did "ctrl-alt-F7" to switch back to the X-window system,
> the brightness would be preserved.

This has no effect to the brightness, the screen is dim in text mode also.
It works without problem the kernel from Squeeze.



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I had an older Dell laptop with i915 video also and suddenly started
seeing a similar problem to this from Ubuntu 11.04 onwards. No problems
before that. Had the problem for ages. I looked around the forums and
found no solution then I updated the bios in my laptop and the problem
disappeared.


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