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From: Bartosz Szatkowski <bulislaw@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:00:45
Message-Id: 1272387617.1264.2.camel@bulislaw-laptop
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox by Grant
1 Dnia 2010-04-26, pon o godzinie 19:10 -0700, Grant pisze:
2 > >> >> Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the
3 > >> >> keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that?
4 > >> >>
5 > >> >> - Grant
6 > >> >>
7 > >> > Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it).
8 > >> > in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad
9 > >> > there is extra one in "thinkpad specific acpi" maybe You have something
10 > >> > similar for Yours stuff.
11 > >>
12 > >> It's a Dell Vostro 1320. The keyboard shortcuts to change brightness
13 > >> were working great until I enabled DRM in the kernel. Can you tell me
14 > >> where in the kernel those options can be found, or part of the
15 > >> variable name that defines them?
16 > >>
17 > > Try running xev and punching brightness keys, if you would see
18 > > "effects" (some text in terminal) then its OK :P You should change the
19 > > Acpi configs (etc/acpi/) or Gnome/KDE/Xfce/... bindings.
20 >
21 > I do see text in xev when pressing the brightness keys.
22 >
23 > > (if You dont know it already)
24 > > For acpi config You'll need "event id" try running acpi_listen.
25 > > eg. /etc/acpi/events/sleep:
26 > > event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001004
27 > > action=/etc/acpi/actions/sleep.sh
28 > >
29 > > and into actions you put scripts, try using xbacklight.
30 >
31 > You think I should use xbacklight or similar even though it was
32 > working on its own before?
33 >
34 > - Grant
35 >
36 >
37 > > If You wouldn't have any reaction in xev and acpi_listen i check the
38 > > option in kernel.
39 >
40 I think that its better to have things done even if would be around then
41 dont done it at all. :)
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43 Bartosz Szatkowski
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