Bug#509294: gnome-power-manager: Display Brightness does not work in Toshiba A305 S6859

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 20 décembre 2008 à 17:57 -0500, Nelson Castillo a écrit :
> Package: gnome-power-manager
> Version: 2.22.1-4
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I cannot setup the brightness in a Toshiba A305 S6859.
> I tried with the gnome applet that uses this package.
> 
> How do I control display brightness?
> How can I help debug the issue (In case the situation can be improved)?

You can have a look at the directory under /sys/class/backlight/, there
should be a "brightness" entry here.

The probable cause of the bug is that setting the value here doesn’t
work. Could you confirm this? That would mean the bug lies in the
kernel.

Thanks,
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