On 27 January 2013 12:59, Kevin Oberman <kob6...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: >> On 25 January 2013 14:51, Kevin Oberman <kob6...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> There are several threads in the archives of acpi@ and mobile@ >>> discussing this. Most things are pretty easy. Use xev to find the >>> events generated by the volume buttons. >> >> I'm handling the volume keys with xbindkeys. >> >>> Mute and the ThinkLight (if >>> your system has one) should work as is. >> >> Mute does not function - I am using xbindkeys to handle it. The >> "video" key generates no event. >> >>> Brightness is a bit bigger issue as Lenovo has completely revamped it >>> These buttons don't generate events. :-( >> >> Where *should* they be handled? How do they work on windows? >> >> FWIW they seem to change hw.acpi.video.brightness, but change nothing >> visible on the screen. >> >>> You can install the acpi_call >>> port and use it to set the brightness, but it is a pain as it does not >>> allow for setting incremental changes, only absolute values.(16 of >>> them). >> >> Any pointers for what to look at? I have no idea what I'm doing w.r.t. >> computers ^W ACPI. > > Install sysutils/acpi_call > kldload acpi_call > acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i [0-15] > > There seem to be some differences on the range, but in my T530 0=off > and 15=full. > > Unfortunately, the brightness functions do not generate X events and I > have not seen any posts on how to tie them to anything to adjust > brightness.
[2881 root@gravity ~ ]#acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i 1 Unknown object type '0' [2882 root@gravity ~ !5!]#acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i 2 Unknown object type '0' [2883 root@gravity ~ !5!]#acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i 0 Unknown object type '0' [2884 root@gravity ~ !5!]#acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i 15 Unknown object type '0' -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-acpi-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
