[PR #1] [CLOSED] fix for backlight going out when oem-config takes a picture on the smartbook. #3

New Issue

claunia · 2026-01-30T21:30:57Z

claunia commented

2026-01-30 21:30:57 +00:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/genesi/linux-legacy/pull/1
Author: @wschaub
Created: 9/18/2012
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: master

📝 Commits (1)

5ec78d4 change pwm_backlight_check_fb so it knows about the blank being requested and to allow pwm_bl_blank to run when id is DISP3 FG only when it wants to do a FB_BLANK_UNBLANK. This fixes a problem triggered by oem-config on the smartbook on precise that caused the backlight to go out and never come back on again when it tries to take a photo using the camera.

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+6 additions, -3 deletions)

View changed files

📝 drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c (+6 -3)

📄 Description

...d and to allow pwm_bl_blank to run when id is DISP3 FG only when it wants to do a FB_BLANK_UNBLANK. This fixes a problem triggered by oem-config on the smartbook on precise that caused the backlight to go out and never come back on again when it tries to take a photo using the camera.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/genesi/linux-legacy/pull/1 **Author:** [@wschaub](https://github.com/wschaub) **Created:** 9/18/2012 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `master` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`5ec78d4`](https://github.com/genesi/linux-legacy/commit/5ec78d42deaf4f8ca3d8c03ce731bb37ec920b9d) change pwm_backlight_check_fb so it knows about the blank being requested and to allow pwm_bl_blank to run when id is DISP3 FG only when it wants to do a FB_BLANK_UNBLANK. This fixes a problem triggered by oem-config on the smartbook on precise that caused the backlight to go out and never come back on again when it tries to take a photo using the camera. ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+6 additions, -3 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c` (+6 -3) </details> ### 📄 Description ...d and to allow pwm_bl_blank to run when id is DISP3 FG only when it wants to do a FB_BLANK_UNBLANK. This fixes a problem triggered by oem-config on the smartbook on precise that caused the backlight to go out and never come back on again when it tries to take a photo using the camera. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

claunia added the pull-request label 2026-01-30 21:30:57 +00:00

claunia closed this issue

2026-01-30 21:30:58 +00:00

Sign in to join this conversation.

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/linux-legacy#3