Re: Pixelbook 2017 display backlight with 7.1.x

Yes, this is the same hardware.
I checked out master and it looks like the a411ea4a8716 commit is
already included, so I built with commit 3dab139d4795.

The display brightness is adjusting as expected with this version.

Thanks for the help,
Matthew

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 1:17=E2=80=AFAM Thorsten Leemhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 7/23/26 03:27, Matthew Obets wrote:
> > After upgrading to kernel 7.1 the display backlight brightness
> > adjustment stopped working in KDE on my Google PixelBook 2017.
> >
> > Neither the keyboard brightness keys nor the brightness slider change
> > the display's brightness.
> >
> > I'm currently running kernel version 7.1.4-202.fc44.x86_64
>
> Thx for the report. There was a earlier similar one about a device like
> yours:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CALcz8n5nB%3DH8CZza-Pw%3D%3DGfQWRViJwWK8N5Pga=
[email protected]/
> It didn't get anywhere as the git bisection didn't work out.
>
> And another one about a Pixelbook
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/work_items/16507
>
> Is that a device like yours? Then this should help:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/commit/a411ea4a87162898d=
2a0547fdfb721ddb7626be3
>
> It will hopefully land in mainline this week. Could you maybe try that?
>
> If that doesn't help: Could you try latest 7.2-rc, as there is another
> fix that always went into 7.2-rc1.
>
> Ciao, Thorsten
> > Please let me know if you need any additional information.
> >
> > Operating System: Ultramarine Linux 44
> > KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.3
> > KDE Frameworks Version: 6.28.0
> > Qt Version: 6.11.1
> > Kernel Version: 7.1.4-202.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
> > Graphics Platform: Wayland
> > Processors: 4 =C3=97 Intel=C2=AE Core=E2=84=A2 i5-7Y57 CPU @ 1.20GHz
> > Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.6 GiB usable)
> > Graphics Processor: Intel=C2=AE HD Graphics 615
> > Manufacturer: Google
> > Product Name: Eve
> > System Version: 1.0