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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Where does /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight come from?
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:14:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw2+yrNn03fazU4HSwAUpDNfN47xmzvVTa-zScXE2iQ+7g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Does anyone know which kernel option would be responsible for
/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight?  I've disabled some backlight
stuff in the kernel but the directory still appears.  I get screen
backlight control on my laptop if I do:

echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness

but if xlockmore blanks my screen, I have to issue the above again
before screen backlight control works again.  I also have acpi_video0
in /sys/class/backlight and I think removing intel_backlight might fix
the problem.

I could try deleting the directory.  Is that safe?  Are the files and
folders in /sys generated dynamically at boot?

- Grant



             reply	other threads:[~2012-03-16 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-16 20:14 Grant [this message]
2012-03-16 20:18 ` [gentoo-user] Where does /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight come from? Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-17  0:12   ` Grant
2012-03-16 21:31 ` Paul Hartman
2012-03-17  2:32   ` Grant
2012-03-17 16:36     ` Grant

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