On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You can achieve the same by adding the instructions to write to > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness to an appropriate file in > tmpfiles.d. > Read the section on temporary files in the systemd page on the archwiki. > > Cheers, > Norbert > > Thanks for the reference. So something like 'w /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness - - - - 0' should do the job, except that /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 does not exist since acpi does not seem to be running (I recall reading somewhere that systemd handles most acpi functionality, is that correct?). On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 15.08.2012 03:30, schrieb Michael Nawrocki: > > I'm trying to get my laptop backlight keys (fn+f6/f7) to adjust the > > brightness of my toshiba laptop backlight. > > I am curious. With 3.3 and earlier, my keys used to adjust brightness on > their own. Since 3.4, they don't, and only work in KDE, but not on the > console. > > Was it a deliberate kernel change that the brightness keys have no effect? > > > Brightness keys seem to be working fine on 3.5.1.1 (testing). Perhaps it is a problem specific to your setup? -- Aurko Roy GPG key: 0x20C5BC31 Fingerprint:76B4 9677 15BE 731D 1949 85BA 2A31 B442 20C5 BC31
