interesting by product: gdm can't turn off the screen when locked. I consider this a good thing. On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:17 PM Alexander Terry <alexterry43@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > as per subject, whenever i try to change my brightness with xbacklight > -set, it doesnt work. it does not change the brightness. the same thing > happenes in gnome, with the brightness slider on the top right menu. > > what does work is (as root) going into > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight, and changing the value in the > brightness folder. there are no other folders in /sys/class/backlight. >
