From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Elver Loho <kernelpenguin-S7FoVGKkKTI@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Backlight?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:34:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1088768048.3733.10.camel@tyrosine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200407010231.57481.kernelpenguin-S7FoVGKkKTI@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 02:31 +0300, Elver Loho wrote:
> I have a laptop. It has brightness control buttons on it, which,
> unfortunately, don't work under Linux. I was wondering. Are backlight and
> brightness controlled by ACPI as well? How would one go about controlling
> them?
They /can/ be controlled by ACPI, but aren't always. It might be worth
trying the patch on http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1944 .
Alternatively, if you have an Asus/Medion or Toshiba laptop then there
are kernel drivers that support their hotkeys.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org
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2004-06-30 23:31 Backlight? Elver Loho
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