Bug#978937: RFP: acpilight -- backward-compatibile replacement for xbacklight that uses the ACPI interface
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
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* Package name : acpilight
Version : 1.2
Upstream Author : Yuri D'Elia
* URL : https://gitlab.com/wavexx/acpilight
* License : GPL3
Programming Lang: python3
Description : backward-compatibile replacement for xbacklight that uses the ACPI interface
- From upstream:
On some modern laptops "XRandR" might lack the ability to set the display brightness. This capability was moved/unified to the kernel's ACPI interface, via /sys/class/backlight/.
"acpilight" provides a drop-in replacement for the xbacklight command that uses the ACPI interface instead of "XRandR", allowing old scripts to run. As a result, xbacklight can subsequently be used also from the console and Wayland (X11 is not used at all).
When paired with the ddcci-backlight kernel module, the backlight of most professional external monitors can be controlled as well.
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