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From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:03:48
Message-Id: 53e35fd51003102302g7427b790q7e373629150e7804@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness by Xi Shen
1 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > thanks, i solved this problem without emerging the nvclock package. i
3 > guess it is a group and permission issue. i have my accounts joined
4 > these groups: disk wheel audio cdrom video usb users plugdev, and i
5 > can change the lcd brightness with the kde widget.
6 >
7 >
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9 i further identified the cause, and it is the 'plugdev' group. if the
10 user (include root) is not a member of this group, you will not be
11 able to use the kde widget to change the brightness of the lcd. an
12 even wired issue i found is that, after you joined in the group, you
13 will have to restart the system. log off and log on takes no effect.
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17 Best Regards,
18 David Shen
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20 http://twitter.com/davidshen84/