Hi Robert, I'm sorry you're having difficulties in applying my workaround to your environment.
I suggest you try to find out whether halevt functions properly by running it in the foreground: $ sudo /etc/init.d/halevt stop $ sudo -u halevt halevt -fig plugdev Now if you press the brightness buttons you should see hal events on your screen. In my case this is something like: Condition: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input,ButtonPressed (brightness-down) Condition: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input,ButtonPressed (brightness-up) If that's the case then please check again whether you've really correctly edited both (halevt and sudo) configuration files to represent your local file paths and server name. You might have to read the corresponding man pages. (Sorry if I'm explaining the obvious, you probably did that already...) If the events look differently then you may have to change your halevt.xml accordingly. If you don't get any events then - bad luck. You won't be able to use my workaround. At least not without further investigation why the events are not triggered. I didn't have to configure anything to get the HAL events. Finally don't forget to switch your halevt daemon back on: $ sudo /etc/init.d/halevt start If you've checked all that and it still doesn't work then I'm afraid I've no clue where you could look further. :-( -- Brightness adjustment doesn't work for HP ProBook 4720s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592592 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
