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Richard Hartmann | 28 Mar 2012 02:13
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Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

Hi all,

as per your request, I am glad to report that this model works fine.
If you need any more information, just let me know.

As an aside, if someone knows how to update the firmware from within
Linux, please let me know ;)

Richard

[   10.745121] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[   10.745131] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[   10.745139] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 1QET73WW (2.11 ), EC 1QHT16WW-1.03
[   10.745147] thinkpad_acpi: IBM ThinkPad X31, model 2672C8G
[   10.745155] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
[   10.745163] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing
critical bug fixes and/or important features
[   10.749056] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad
[   10.762673] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
[   10.763424] Registered led device: tpacpi::power
[   10.764179] Registered led device: tpacpi::standby
[   10.766692] thinkpad_acpi: brightness: will use unverified default:
brightness_mode=3
[   10.766704] thinkpad_acpi: brightness: please report to
ibm-acpi-devel@... whether it works well or not on
your ThinkPad
[   10.772713] thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode:
monitor (read only)
[   10.778514] input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as
/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input7
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Richard Hartmann | 28 Mar 2012 03:19
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Re: Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:13, Richard Hartmann
<richih.mailinglist@...> wrote:

> As an aside, if someone knows how to update the firmware from within
> Linux, please let me know ;)

Disregard; still works after upgrade and still asks me to submit a
report, so in case you can use this new info:

[    8.655927] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[    8.655930] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[    8.655934] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 1QET97WW (3.02 ), EC 1QHT23WW-1.08
[    8.655937] thinkpad_acpi: IBM ThinkPad X31, model 2672C8G
[    8.658532] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad
[    8.662804] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
[    8.662898] Registered led device: tpacpi::power
[    8.662972] Registered led device: tpacpi::standby
[    8.666283] thinkpad_acpi: brightness: will use unverified default:
brightness_mode=3
[    8.666288] thinkpad_acpi: brightness: please report to
ibm-acpi-devel@... whether it works well or not on
your ThinkPad
[    8.676347] thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode:
monitor (read only)
[    8.681765] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[    8.687276] input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as
/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input6

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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh | 28 Mar 2012 11:54
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Re: Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:13, Richard Hartmann
> <richih.mailinglist@...> wrote:
> Disregard; still works after upgrade and still asks me to submit a
> report, so in case you can use this new info:

Thanks for the report!

Does it just report the proper brightness, or does it also let you set the
brightness without problems (please verify that you have all 7 brightness
steps working properly) ?

> [    8.655934] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 1QET97WW (3.02 ), EC 1QHT23WW-1.08
> [    8.655937] thinkpad_acpi: IBM ThinkPad X31, model 2672C8G

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Richard Hartmann | 28 Mar 2012 13:20
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Re: Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:54, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
<hmh@...> wrote:

> Does it just report the proper brightness, or does it also let you set the
> brightness without problems (please verify that you have all 7 brightness
> steps working properly) ?

I have set my brightness without issues for years. I will need to
count the steps once I am back with the machine. It's not used
regularly any more for obvious reasons.

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Richard Hartmann | 29 Mar 2012 01:49
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Re: Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 13:20, Richard Hartmann
<richih.mailinglist@...> wrote:

> I have set my brightness without issues for years. I will need to
> count the steps once I am back with the machine. It's not used
> regularly any more for obvious reasons.

Eight steps, yes.

Richard

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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh | 29 Mar 2012 03:09
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Re: Brightness feedback for ThinkPad x31

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 13:20, Richard Hartmann
> <richih.mailinglist@...> wrote:
> 
> > I have set my brightness without issues for years. I will need to
> > count the steps once I am back with the machine. It's not used
> > regularly any more for obvious reasons.
> 
> Eight steps, yes.

Thanks

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