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saif

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Registered: 2010-05-21

Posts: 59

Re: [SOLVED][systemd 210] systemd-backlight@.service gets loaded and fails

Same here, on a M5A97 EVO

Areckx

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Registered: 2013-07-08

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED][systemd 210] systemd-backlight@.service gets loaded and fails

I am having a problem with the asus-nb-wmi driver as well. I am running on an Asus X551M

 # hwdetect --show-modules 


AGP      : intel-gtt 
ACPI     : ac battery button processor thermal video 
BLOCK    : scsi_mod sd_mod sr_mod ahci libahci libata uvcvideo usbcore xhci-hcd usb-common 
CDROM    : cdrom 
CPUFREQ  : acpi-cpufreq 
CRYPTO   : crc32c-intel crc32-pclmul crct10dif-pclmul ghash-clmulni-intel crct10dif_common crct10dif_generic cryptd 
DRM      : drm_kms_helper drm i915 
HWMON    : coretemp hwmon 
I2C      : i2c-algo-bit i2c-designware-core i2c-designware-platform i2c-core 
INPUT    : evdev joydev atkbd mousedev psmouse i8042 libps2 serio serio_raw sparse-keymap hid-generic hid i2c-hid usbhid 
KVM      : kvm-intel kvm 
MEDIA    : media uvcvideo videobuf2-core videobuf2-memops videobuf2-vmalloc videodev 
NET      : r8169 mii ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath9k ath mac80211 rfkill cfg80211 
SOUND    : pcspkr snd-hwdep snd snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore 
OTHER    : microcode dw_dmac_core dw_dmac led-class mac_hid memstick rtsx_pci_ms rtsx_pci mmc_core rtsx_pci_sdmmc sdhci-acpi sdhci shpchp asus-nb-wmi asus-wmi wmi intel_rapl spi-pxa2xx-platform 8250_dw crc-t10dif 

# mkinitcpio -M


==> Modules autodetected
8250_dw
ac
acpi_cpufreq
ahci
asus_nb_wmi
ath9k
atkbd
battery
button
coretemp
crc32c_intel
crc32_pclmul
crct10dif_pclmul
dw_dmac
evdev
ext4
ghash_clmulni_intel
hid_generic
i2c_designware_platform
i2c_hid
i8042
i915
intel_rapl
joydev
kvm_intel
mac_hid
microcode
mousedev
pcspkr
processor
psmouse
r8169
rtsx_pci
rtsx_pci_ms
rtsx_pci_sdmmc
sdhci_acpi
sd_mod
serio_raw
shpchp
snd_hda_intel
spi_pxa2xx_platform
sr_mod
thermal
usbcore
usbhid
uvcvideo
video
wmi
xhci_hcd

# journalctl -b | grep asus-nb-wmi


Apr 23 08:53:13 localhost kernel: input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input5
Apr 23 08:53:21 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:asus-nb-wmi...
Apr 23 08:53:21 localhost systemd[1]: systemd-backlight@backlight:asus-nb-wmi.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 23 08:53:21 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:asus-nb-wmi.
Apr 23 08:53:21 localhost systemd[1]: Unit systemd-backlight@backlight:asus-nb-wmi.service entered failed state.

$ cat /etc/default/grub 


GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet add_efi_memmap i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 video.use_native_backlight=1"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=asus vt.handoff=7 "

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable Hidden Menu, and optionally hide the timeout count
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter 
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx" 
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper 
# modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/path/to/wallpaper"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"

$ lspci -v | grep VGA


00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

systemd 212-3

3.14.1-1-ARCH

Last edited by Areckx (2014-04-23 16:40:23)

bieniekmat

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED][systemd 210] systemd-backlight@.service gets loaded and fails

Hey, I updated to systemd 216 but the problem remains -  the systemd-backlight does not start successfully. I don't have eee-wmi but hp-wmi.