Public bug reported: Hello,
I've been made to understand that brightnessctl should not require root privileges to effectively modify the screen's brightness, but ubuntu's version still is not usable without tweaking the environment a bit. According to the readme, 3 ways are available, but the least demanding for users would be to enable the systemd-logind API in the binary, no longer requiring users to add themselves into the video/input groups, nor having the binary as a setuid binary. It seems this should be doable through the update of the compilation options of the binary, via the make define `-D ENABLE_SYSTEMD`. That being said, for future proofness, brightnessctl's master branch seems to rely on a new approach based on a configure script which takes a CLI option instead. ** Affects: brightnessctl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2076317 Title: Enable systemd-logind API in compilation options To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brightnessctl/+bug/2076317/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs