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From: Damian <damian.only@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:34
Message-Id: 47a330c51003100032u25424b07mc772adc7cdab411c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness by Frank Steinmetzger
1 On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Xi Shen:
3 >> hi,
4 >>
5 >> my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after
6 >> some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can
7 >> use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change the brightness of my lcd. but
8 >> when i tried to change the lcd brightness by dragging the handle on
9 >> the 'power management' tool, nothing happens. what else should i
10 >> configure?
11 >
12 > It has never worked here, though I’m satisfied that I can use Fn+Crsr up/down,
13 > which works on the HW level (even at boot).
14 I don't know if you have an nvidia card. I had the same problem: I was
15 only able to change the brightness from a text console. I solved the
16 problem by installing nvclock (now I no longer need sunglases).
17
18 I hope that helps.

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Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>