Bug#999627: unable to modify display backlight settings as a non-root user

2021-11-13 Thread Alexander Necheff
Also note that upstream bug 106 ( https://github.com/haikarainen/light/issues/106) claims that the udev rule "ACTION" should be "change" rather than "add". I am not proficient with udev rules but I did not observe a problem leaving the "ACTION" as "add" either on the backports kernel or the regular

Bug#999627: unable to modify display backlight settings as a non-root user

2021-11-13 Thread Alexander Necheff
Package: light Version: 1.2.2-2 Executing light commands that would modify the backlight brightness, for example setting the brightness to 10%: ~$ light -S 10 do not work when run as a non-root user, even if that user is a member of the "video" group. The upstream author suggests "video" membershi