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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Where does /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know which kernel option would be responsible for
> /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight? =A0I've disabled some backlight
> stuff in the kernel but the directory still appears. =A0I get screen
> backlight control on my laptop if I do:

Probably from the intel video driver (i915 or whatever)