>> >> Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the >> >> keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that? >> >> >> >> - Grant >> >> >> > Please share the beast model :P (or maybe ive missed it). >> > in kernel config You have multiple option for backlight eg. for thinkpad >> > there is extra one in "thinkpad specific acpi" maybe You have something >> > similar for Yours stuff. >> >> It's a Dell Vostro 1320. The keyboard shortcuts to change brightness >> were working great until I enabled DRM in the kernel. Can you tell me >> where in the kernel those options can be found, or part of the >> variable name that defines them? >> > Try running xev and punching brightness keys, if you would see > "effects" (some text in terminal) then its OK :P You should change the > Acpi configs (etc/acpi/) or Gnome/KDE/Xfce/... bindings.
I do see text in xev when pressing the brightness keys. > (if You dont know it already) > For acpi config You'll need "event id" try running acpi_listen. > eg. /etc/acpi/events/sleep: > event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001004 > action=/etc/acpi/actions/sleep.sh > > and into actions you put scripts, try using xbacklight. You think I should use xbacklight or similar even though it was working on its own before? - Grant > If You wouldn't have any reaction in xev and acpi_listen i check the > option in kernel.
