Here is the output from lshal for my backlight: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' info.addons = {'hald-addon-generic-backlight'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'laptop_panel'} (string list) info.category = 'laptop_panel' (string) info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel'} (string list) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) info.product = 'Generic Backlight Device' (string) info.subsystem = 'backlight' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' (string) laptop_panel.access_method = 'general' (string) laptop_panel.num_levels = 10 (0xa) (int) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'backlight' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/backlight/acer-wmi' (string)
The num_level is correctly detected as 10 steps. I'm assuming this is how gpm gets its number of steps, before adjusting for macbooks via the new patch that is. -- Brightness control is slow and not costant with 90-Add-guarded-brightness-stepping-functions.patch 91-Using-guarded-and-scaled-stepping-when-dimming.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345318 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs