Re: Toshiba A305 S6859 / how do I control display brightness?

2008-12-20 Thread Nelson Castillo
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Saturday 2008 December 20 15:40:01 Nelson Castillo wrote: >> I have a Toshiba laptop [1] and I cannot stand the maximum >> brightness. My eyes hurt... >> >> What could I try? > > Look at: > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_vid

Re: Toshiba A305 S6859 / how do I control display brightness?

2008-12-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 2008 December 20 15:40:01 Nelson Castillo wrote: > I have a Toshiba laptop [1] and I cannot stand the maximum > brightness. My eyes hurt... > > What could I try? Look at: /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video*/max_brightness You might add something to rc.local to set this. -- Bo

Re: Toshiba A305 S6859 / how do I control display brightness?

2008-12-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/20/08 15:40, Nelson Castillo wrote: Hello. I have a Toshiba laptop [1] and I cannot stand the maximum brightness. My eyes hurt... How can I control this? I've searched the web and so far I haven't found a solution. The module toshiba_acpi seems to be obsolete and it doesn't work. What co

Toshiba A305 S6859 / how do I control display brightness?

2008-12-20 Thread Nelson Castillo
Hello. I have a Toshiba laptop [1] and I cannot stand the maximum brightness. My eyes hurt... How can I control this? I've searched the web and so far I haven't found a solution. The module toshiba_acpi seems to be obsolete and it doesn't work. What could I try? Regards. [1] http://explore.tos