From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NpHM9-0004YL-2J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E761E0BF1; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com (mail-bw0-f219.google.com [209.85.218.219]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A586E0BF1 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so1583979bwz.26 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:33:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZQmUJ2e58pKgKJo9WkpTDJ+7OfUTIc56gnxw7o+IpXQ=; b=HC8Ae4/J7Ee4bHQrPadgaO6bN675P5P3dOP+jR8BKYYbkNI/L3QjVowBseT8D55joV enM0ZCbTBgvrJ4XNtwdWMUlljxuu1vXDOzKLu+Q6bZ1qerGPmTUcyCzl3uu/sYRriHUD 2D79//zqL053vtaAXm+5IMU+RCD14+twtHm2c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xF6AFn6lt4HC3NY5AIrsVE36ePs/L/up5C/9xwKgaFzP3r6o9o9IspLn3nA4+3Xvr5 Jw/cz0+1SQPy+zfeYLMqNxw7BH4xgYg5oc9GZDp2XbTS1kaPDRQHCHzOBsWtRNNtedb+ uxkgMc8CUAUeKLQLrKimJTQ6nUWTdxz2wNoWc= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.34.201 with SMTP id m9mr812391bkd.118.1268209997196; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:33:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002281415.19098.Warp_7@gmx.de> References: <53e35fd51002271839q14cc7136pcf2f9ced9d1ed74e@mail.gmail.com> <201002281415.19098.Warp_7@gmx.de> From: Damian Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:32:57 +0100 Message-ID: <47a330c51003100032u25424b07mc772adc7cdab411c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f423535f-7634-4d40-8aae-3af2e64c63ed X-Archives-Hash: ad5f1e449288897e72f806b9cc9019db On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Xi Shen: >> hi, >> >> my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after >> some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can >> use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change the brightness of my lcd. but >> when i tried to change the lcd brightness by dragging the handle on >> the 'power management' tool, nothing happens. what else should i >> configure? > > It has never worked here, though I=92m satisfied that I can use Fn+Crsr u= p/down, > which works on the HW level (even at boot). I don't know if you have an nvidia card. I had the same problem: I was only able to change the brightness from a text console. I solved the problem by installing nvclock (now I no longer need sunglases). I hope that helps.