Re: [arch-general] Nvidia backlight control - acpi_video0/brightness changes - display doesn't?

2016-11-20 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/20/2016 03:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Are you using the "helper script" because > > sudo echo $(luminance) > "$dest"/brightness > > doesn't work? If so, then consider to use > > echo $(luminance) | sudo tee "$dest"/brightness > > to get rid of the "helper script". > > Regards, > Ra

Re: [arch-general] Nvidia backlight control - acpi_video0/brightness changes - display doesn't?

2016-11-20 Thread Christian Klaue
Well, this won't work for me. I don't have a NVidia. But I will search the web if there is a module for my Intel Skylake graphics. Although my brightness script actually works perfect. The only drawback currently: a few apps (e.g. chromium) reset the brightness to max upon their startup. Thanks an

Re: [arch-general] Nvidia backlight control - acpi_video0/brightness changes - display doesn't?

2016-11-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:56:16 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 03:08:12 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: >>if [ $UID -eq 0 ]; then >>echo $(luminance) > "$dest"/brightness > >Are you using the "helper script" because > > sudo echo $(luminance) > "$dest"/brightness > >doesn

Re: [arch-general] Nvidia backlight control - acpi_video0/brightness changes - display doesn't?

2016-11-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 03:08:12 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: >if [ $UID -eq 0 ]; then >echo $(luminance) > "$dest"/brightness Are you using the "helper script" because sudo echo $(luminance) > "$dest"/brightness doesn't work? If so, then consider to use echo $(luminance) | sudo te

Re: [arch-general] Nvidia backlight control - acpi_video0/brightness changes - display doesn't?

2016-11-20 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/19/2016 03:38 AM, Christian Klaue wrote: > I am having exactly the same problem with my HP. I went as far as > decompiling the ACPI bios. When I tried to compile it again, it threw a > huge amount of errors. So I gave up. I didn't find any solution for my > problem. I even tried other distros