[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#652334: Bug#652334: fglrx-driver: VariBright enabled by default

[Patrick Matthäi]

Am 18.12.2011 15:33, schrieb Sebastian Götte:
> On 12/16/2011 10:06 PM, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
>> Am 16.12.2011 10:42, schrieb Sebastian Götte:
>>> Package: fglrx-driver
>>> Version: 1:11-11-3
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>> "VariBright is an fglrx "feature" meant to save energy by adapting the
>>> screen backlight brightness to screen content. It fails to do so in a
>>> sensible manner and is terribly annoying (especially if you do not know
>>> this is a "feature" called "VariBright").
>>> To fix this, one can use amdcccle, which in turn changes one lin
>>
>> Here it works like a charme. What should we do now?
>> If the feature wouldn't be important and many users are affected I would
>> agree with disabling it by default, but it isn't the case (it is
>> important and for most users it works w/o any problems)
> 
> I had the problem that this feature introduces behavior I do not expect
> from my *graphics driver* and whose cause was quite difficult to track
> down for me. It would probably help to add a section to the man page and
> possibly display a message during installation, or just add a paragraph
> to the package description saying the package comes with VariBright. If
> other users like it, there is indeed no need to change the default.
> 
> anyway, thanks for the prompt response
> Sebastian Götte

Documenting it in README.Debian is possible, but I need a better problem
description, so that other users may identify the issue.


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