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

2016-11-20 Thread Christian Klaue
p. Thanks anyway! Christian On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 03:08 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > 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 >

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

2016-11-19 Thread Christian Klaue
Hi, your xrandr --brightness solution only works on oled screens. Those don't have a backlight. From a quick search it looks like you have a LCD, right? 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

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Favorite/best desktop in archlinux

2016-11-07 Thread Christian Klaue
There is no "best enviroment" for everyone. Ask for advantages / disadvantages. Check if the answers still apply nowadays. Let's see for my personal opinion. When I started with linux I started on cinnamon / mate since it is been most closely to windows. It's also been as buggy as windows. Back

Re: [arch-general] WLAN

2016-11-06 Thread Christian Klaue
Just a guess: with my Lenovo initially I had a similar problem which turned out to be a missing driver. Installing some 3rd party AUR package it worked fine. Have you checked lspci? Kernel mods? Which module is built in? Ever searched for it? With my HP I am having some bios problems (caused by H

Re: [arch-general] Updates blocked by ttf-dejavu

2016-11-01 Thread Christian Klaue
n't seem very useful, so I'll remove it: > > 1. It seems not all updates are reported > 2. It doesn't show any hints - just like this > > Do You probably know of any other more useful feed(s)? > > Kind regards > Peter > > > Am 01.11.2016 um 09:49

Re: [arch-general] Updates blocked by ttf-dejavu

2016-11-01 Thread Christian Klaue
See the website for tips on how to update: https://www.archlinux.org/ne ws/ttf-dejavu-237-will-require-forced-upgrade/ pacman -S --force ttf-deja ente On Tue, 2016-11-01 at 09:47 +0100, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > Hello, > > cannot update packages, as ttf-dejavu has conflicts. > > > ---