Bug#837477: marked as done (xbacklight doesn't do anything at all)
Your message dated Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:49:42 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#837477: xbacklight doesn't do anything at all
has caused the Debian Bug report #837477,
regarding xbacklight doesn't do anything at all
to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: xbacklight
Version: 1.2.1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Dear Maintainer,
In Debian Testing, none of the commands or options with xbacklight do anything
or give any output whatsoever, EXCEPT if I type an invalid command, then it
gives me the help stuff about basic usage:
"""
usage: xbacklight [options]
where options are:
-display <display> or -d <display>
-help
-set <percentage> or = <percentage>
-inc <percentage> or + <percentage>
-dec <percentage> or - <percentage>
-get
-time <fade time in milliseconds>
-steps <number of steps in fade>
"""
but it doesn't do anything if I actually use one of those valid commands.
I think I have this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xbacklight/+bug/1060431
I am on an acer c720 chromebook, if that matters.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages xbacklight depends on:
ii libc6 2.23-5
ii libxcb-randr0 1.11.1-1.1
ii libxcb-util0 0.3.8-3
ii libxcb1 1.11.1-1.1
xbacklight recommends no packages.
xbacklight suggests no packages.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 17:38:48 -0400, nickpontillo wrote:
> Package: xbacklight
> Version: 1.2.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> In Debian Testing, none of the commands or options with xbacklight do anything
> or give any output whatsoever, EXCEPT if I type an invalid command, then it
> gives me the help stuff about basic usage:
>
> """
> usage: xbacklight [options]
> where options are:
> -display <display> or -d <display>
> -help
> -set <percentage> or = <percentage>
> -inc <percentage> or + <percentage>
> -dec <percentage> or - <percentage>
> -get
> -time <fade time in milliseconds>
> -steps <number of steps in fade>
> """
>
> but it doesn't do anything if I actually use one of those valid commands.
>
> I think I have this bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xbacklight/+bug/1060431
>
> I am on an acer c720 chromebook, if that matters.
>
This is not an xbacklight bug, your X driver simply does not expose the
backlight information, so xbacklight can't read/change it.
Cheers,
Julien
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