Backlight Fail

[MU4L]

Firstly, allow me to apologise if this is the incorrect forum for this thread, but I couldn't decide which one would be appropriate.

Basically I've just upgraded my iPod 5th Gen to the 240GB MK2431GAH drive and installed an iVue Clear Panel as well. This, after very happily going about my business for the last 3 years with the 60GB stock drive and a build from 2007. After installing the new test bootloader (which works well - many thanks Torne), Tuesday's build and re-instating my configs and presets I found that the backlight would only work for a short while until ceasing to respond to any button press/scroll. In daylight, this is a mere hinderance, but at night ... well, you can imagine!

I tried to change the backlight settings when it happened, but to no avail. The only way to regain the backlight is to turn the unit off and then on again. After trying to reproduce the situation, I find that the backlight will remain on for as long as it is in use from the start screen. As soon as 5 seconds has elapsed (the time I've set the backlight to go out after the last button press when not on charge) between button presses, that's it, the backlight refuses to come on again until the unit is restarted.

P.S. Before I hit 'Post', I downloaded and installed today's build, but still no luck.

[NiHaoMike]

Try installing a stable (release) version.

[saratoga]

Try installing a stable (release) version.

I don't think thats possible for his player.  Support for big disks was added since the last release.

[MU4L]

Yesterday I tried the 30GB (32MB) build too, with no luck, before reverting to the 60/80GB (64MB) build (again, no luck).

Could it be something to do with my config file, which I was made in 2007? Perhaps there are settings in there that have become redundant in subsequent Rockbox releases and the commands it's asking are messing with the system?

As you can see, I'm clutching at sraws here  ...

[soap]

Have you tried it yet without the .cfg file present?  It seems like an easy check.

[funman]

Setting it to 'Always' keeps it on forever ?

[TexasRockbox]

What about if plugged in to USB power?  Does the backlight stay on?

[MU4L]

@TexasRockbox: No.

@funman: No offense, but are you asking me or telling me?

@soap: Haha, I should have prefaced the thread with the fact that I'm devoid of common sense! I cleared the settings and, sure enough, the backlight's working fine.

So, do I build a new config file from scratch or is there any way to modify the one I have to make it work?

EDIT: I should probably clarify and ask what part of the config should be modified if I'm to retain it. I already know how to modify it.

[soap]

How about you post in a code box here (or on pastebin) the config file which appears to be the source of your issues and we can go through it and try to identify what caused the problem?

[MU4L]

Here it is:

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# .cfg file created by rockbox 060829-1931 - http://www.rockbox.org
#
#
# wps / rwps / language / font / fmpreset / backdrop
#
wps: /.rockbox/wps/MU4L.wps
font: /.rockbox/fonts/nimbus-14.fnt
volume: -30
balance: 0
bass: 8
treble: 6
channels: stereo
# (possible values: stereo,mono,custom,mono left,mono right,karaoke)
stereo width: 100
resume: off
shuffle: off
repeat: off
# (possible values: off,all,one,shuffle,ab)
backlight timeout: 5
# (possible values: off,on,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,20,25,30,45,60,90)
backlight timeout plugged: 10
# (possible values: off,on,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,20,25,30,45,60,90)
invert: off
flip display: off
invert cursor: off
statusbar: on
scrollbar: on
volume display: graphic
# (possible values: graphic,numeric)
battery display: numeric
# (possible values: graphic,numeric)
time format: 24hour
# (possible values: 24hour,12hour)
show icons: on
idle poweroff: 10
# (possible values: off,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,30,45,60)
max files in playlist: 10000
max files in dir: 400
battery capacity: 1300
car adapter mode: off
backlight filters first keypress: off
backlight timeout plugin: off
caption backlight: off
brightness: 4
backlight fade in: 1s
# (possible values: off,500ms,1s,2s)
backlight fade out: 4s
# (possible values: off,500ms,1s,2s,3s,4s,5s,10s)
scroll speed: 13
scroll delay: 100
bidir limit: 50
Screen Scrolls Out Of View: off
scroll step: 6
screen scroll step: 16
scroll paginated: off
foreground color: 000000
background color: FFFFFF
play selected: on
volume fade: off
scan min step: 1
# (possible values: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,15,20,25,30,45,60)
scan accel: 3
antiskip: 5s
# (possible values: 5s,15s,30s,1min,2min,3min,5min,10min)
disk spindown: 5
show files: supported
# (possible values: all,supported,music,playlists,id3 database)
sort case: off
follow playlist: on
playlist viewer icons: on
playlist viewer indices: on
playlist viewer track display: track name
# (possible values: track name,full path)
recursive directory insert: off
# (possible values: off,on,ask)
autocreate bookmarks: off
# (possible values: off,on,ask,recent only - on,recent only - ask)
autoload bookmarks: off
# (possible values: off,on,ask)
use most-recent-bookmarks: off
# (possible values: off,on,unique only)
peak meter clip hold: 60
# (possible values: on,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,20,25,30,45,60,90,2min,3min,5min,10min,20min,45min,90min)
peak meter hold: 500ms
# (possible values: off,200ms,300ms,500ms,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,20,30,1min)
peak meter release: 8
peak meter dbfs: on
peak meter min: 60
peak meter max: 0
talk dir: off
# (possible values: off,number,spell,hover)
talk file: off
# (possible values: off,number,spell,hover)
talk menu: on
sort files: alpha
# (possible values: alpha,oldest,newest,type)
sort dirs: alpha
# (possible values: alpha,oldest,newest)
id3 tag priority: v2-v1
# (possible values: v2-v1,v1-v2)
folder navigation: off
gather runtime data: off
replaygain: off
replaygain type: album
# (possible values: track,album,track shuffle)
replaygain noclip: off
replaygain preamp: 0
beep: moderate
# (possible values: off,weak,moderate,strong)
crossfade: off
# (possible values: off,shuffle,track skip,always)
crossfade fade in delay: 0
crossfade fade out delay: 0
crossfade fade in duration: 0
crossfade fade out duration: 0
crossfade fade out mode: crossfade
# (possible values: crossfade,mix)
crossfeed: off
crossfeed direct gain: 15
crossfeed cross gain: 60
crossfeed hf attenuation: 160
crossfeed hf cutoff: 700
eq enabled: on
eq precut: 20
eq band 0 cutoff: 70
eq band 1 cutoff: 1050
eq band 2 cutoff: 200
eq band 3 cutoff: 4570
eq band 4 cutoff: 11000
eq band 0 q: 38
eq band 1 q: 63
eq band 2 q: 0
eq band 3 q: 36
eq band 4 q: 12
eq band 0 gain: 28
eq band 1 gain: -100
eq band 2 gain: -135
eq band 3 gain: 15
eq band 4 gain: 35
dircache: on
tagcache_ram: off
tagcache_autoupdate: off
default codepage: iso8859-1
# (possible values: iso8859-1,iso8859-7,iso8859-8,cp1251,iso8859-11,cp1256,iso8859-9,iso8859-2,sjis,gb2312,ksx1001,big5,utf-8,cp1256)
warn when erasing dynamic playlist: off
backlight on button hold: off
# (possible values: normal,off,on)
eq hardware enabled: on
eq hardware band 0 cutoff: 105Hz
# (possible values: 80Hz,105Hz,135Hz,175Hz)
eq hardware band 0 gain: 12
eq hardware band 1 center: 300Hz
# (possible values: 230Hz,300Hz,385Hz,500Hz)
eq hardware band 1 bandwidth: narrow
# (possible values: narrow,wide)
eq hardware band 1 gain: 12
eq hardware band 2 center: 850Hz
# (possible values: 650Hz,850Hz,1.1kHz,1.4kHz)
eq hardware band 2 bandwidth: narrow
# (possible values: narrow,wide)
eq hardware band 2 gain: 12
eq hardware band 3 center: 2.4kHz
# (possible values: 1.8kHz,2.4kHz,3.2kHz,4.1kHz)
eq hardware band 3 bandwidth: narrow
# (possible values: narrow,wide)
eq hardware band 3 gain: 12
eq hardware band 4 cutoff: 6.9kHz
# (possible values: 5.3kHz,6.9kHz,9kHz,11.7kHz)
eq hardware band 4 gain: 12
hold_lr_for_scroll_in_list: on
show path in browser: off
# (possible values: off,current directory,full path)
pause on headphone unplug: 1
rewind duration on pause: 0
disable autoresume if phones not present: off
Last.fm Logging: off
button_beep_freq: 5
button_beep_len: 0