Re: Permission for 'dev/pmu'

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:55:00PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:48:39PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> >         if (fd < 0) {
> >                 *error = g_error_new_literal (ACME_FBLEVEL_ERROR,
> >                                               ACME_FBLEVEL_ERROR_WRONG_PERMS,
> >                                               _("Wrong permission for
> > '/dev/pmu' device"));
> 
> just kill this warning.  Debian works just fine without backlight
> control on both my ibook and the g5.  And it's really not worth giving
> hardware control to an unadited GUI program.

What exactly is the kind of control you can give with /dev/pmu ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther