Bug#506644: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#506644: gnome-power-manager: Brightness applet does not change brightness
- To: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
- Cc: 506644@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#506644: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#506644: gnome-power-manager: Brightness applet does not change brightness
- From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:03:38 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20090726130338.GA4848@galadriel.inutil.org>
- Reply-to: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>, 506644@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <20081206030115.GG23031@kunpuu.plessy.org>
- References: <1228409675.4109.35.camel@shizuru> <20081205004039.GA23151@kunpuu.plessy.org> <1228483056.4194.33.camel@shizuru> <49392C1D.3030302@debian.org> <1228484255.4194.36.camel@shizuru> <20081205142358.GM12274@patate.is-a-geek.org> <1228487748.4194.45.camel@shizuru> <20081205150618.GA27508@night.luon.net> <1228490407.4194.50.camel@shizuru> <20081206030115.GG23031@kunpuu.plessy.org>
On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 12:01:15PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 04:20:07PM +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> > Indeed, the kernel support seems broken. I can change the values
> > in /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness but they have no impact
> > on the brightness.
> >
> > Charles, setting "xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native"
> > should make at least xbacklight work, but for HAL which relies on the
> > ACPI interface, this is up to the kernel.
>
> Thanks a lot everybody for your help.
>
> Interestingly, on my machine both methods work.
Did this change in more recent kernels?
Cheers,
Moritz
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