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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Subject: Re: [Acpi4asus-user] 1005PE's and backlight controls
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:26:08 +0100
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:14:04PM -0500, Chris Bagwell wrote:

> Does the acpi-video logic not have logic on its own to send key
> events?  So I guess laptops that don't have custom modules to handle
> this type of stuff don't get visual feedback from gnome-power-manager?

It does, but it's dependent upon the firmware sending them.

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