backlight control

[Konstantin Svist]

On 09/29/2009 04:00 PM, Tony Nelson wrote:
> On 09-09-29 18:43:39, Konstantin Svist wrote:
>   ...
>    
>> Thanks, that was it.
>> The problem is that apparently X thinks my laptop panel doesn't
>> support DPMS and because of that the backlight doesn't disable
>>
>> Where do I dig now?
>>      
> If `xset dpms force suspend ; sleep 10 ; xset dpms force on` doesn't
> work, try booting with the "nomodeset" kernel parameter.
>
>    

xset didn't work but nomodeset made it work.
What's going on here? I thought modesetting was fully working/supported
I really liked the modesetting, too...
Who do I bug to fix it? Or how would I go about fixing it myself?