On 2/21/14, Michael Hauser <awarewater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > after update to kernel 3.13, xbacklight fails to adjust the brightness > on my Asus EeePc 1015 PX; anyone in the same boat? > > echoing a number into: > > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness > > updates the value as expected, only it doesn't really do anything. > > Fell back to using the pci method (as described in the wiki) to reduce > the glare for the time being. > > > Regards, mih > > -- > 'aware water' is an anagram for 'we are at war' > Hi, just wanted to let you know, adding the line: Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight" in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf has restored the functionality; albeit with an interesting twist: setting the backlight value to 0 now turns the backlight off. cheers, mih