Bug#434711: Sync with Ubuntu changes - adds brightness control, etc...

[Loïc Minier]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007, Tim Hull wrote:
> I have acpi-support, and I have the other significant power-management 
> stuff
> installed here.  In fact, I can suspend-to-RAM with no problem using g-p-m
> and stock configuration, and I can change the brightness using pommed (I'm
> on a MacBook).  Does anyone have a clue as to WHY I'm not seeing brightness
> control support as I do on Ubuntu with the same version of g-p-m?
>
> I am running Debian unstable currently, so I do have the latest versions of
> everything...

 AFAIK, the pommed author knowingly skipped HAL integration as it was
 considered too painful.  Perhaps Ubuntu doesn't use pommed or adds
 another package providing more information or patches pommed to provide
 the information?

 Anyway, it would be nice if you could extract the differences and
 attach them here, but I'm convinced this is machine specific.

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Loïc Minier