[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#506644: Bug#506644: gnome-power-manager: Brightness applet does not change brightness

[Charles Plessy]

Le Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 04:20:07PM +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Indeed, the kernel support seems broken. I can change the values
> in /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness but they have no impact
> on the brightness.
> 
> Charles, setting "xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native"
> should make at least xbacklight work, but for HAL which relies on the
> ACPI interface, this is up to the kernel.

Thanks a lot everybody for your help.

Interestingly, on my machine both methods work.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan