i've disabled FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT (FB_BACKLIGHT also got deselected)
and i managed to boot into 2.6.21-rc1 and have a working backlight.
--alex--
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| I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active |
| advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with |
| automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion |
| and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
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