I did not install X on this machine since the screen is half broken. (i just use it as a server and acces it via ssh but screen consume power for nothing so i want somehow to turn it off). I can install x and then try again xbacklight. This will be my next try... Thanks again, Laurent.
2016-11-08 14:02 GMT+01:00 <to...@tuxteam.de>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 11:49:40AM +0100, Laurent Debian wrote: > > Hi and thanks for your ideas > > > > Unfortunately there is no directory /sys/class/backlight on my system. > > After a > > > > > locate backlight > > > > > I juste had the following files as seemingly relevant. > > > > > /var/lib/systemd/backlight/pci-0000:02:00.0:backlight:nv_backlight > > > /var/lib/systemd/backlight/platform-applesmc.768:leds: > smc::kbd_backlight > > > > > Which were both at 100 but an echo 0 > .... had no effect on the > backlight > > (tough it tuned to 0 the value of in the files ) > > Any ideas where I should start to look at ? > > Hm Sorry. Are you able to change backlight under X? Perhaps there are clues > to be extracted from that? > > regards > - -- t > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlghzOsACgkQBcgs9XrR2ka24wCdEyqFQGiC9Zs93zdJW1BmeGfb > MocAn0qQrgpo1XOc8IiLI0ZCRhL7uRkt > =qHBJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >