to resolve, I make this:
cd /usr/bin
sudo chmod +x smartdimmer
Now the command smartdimmer is always execute by root
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Must be root to change screen brightness [regression from gutsy]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183365
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The two last hardy betas no longer have this problem. This bug report
can be closed. I'll reopen it, if i have the same problem again.
** Changed in: smartdimmer (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Must be root to change screen brightness [regression from gutsy]
https://bugs.launchpad
The attachment is the output of stracing as a root user, running the following
command:
strace smartdimmer -s10
(this attachment is zipped since the uncompressed strace dump is large
(141Kb) because there are a lot of gettimeofday(...) calls in the dump
** Attachment added: "strace with root per
with non root permissions:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smartdimmer -s10
init_nvclock() failed!
with root permissions:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# smartdimmer -s10
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
(and the screen brightness is changed)
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Must be root to change screen brightness [regression from gutsy]
https://bugs.la
The attachment is the output of stracing as a standard user, running the
following command:
strace smartdimmer -s10
** Attachment added: "strace without root permissions"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11442845/smartdimmer.user
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Must be root to change screen brightness [regression from gu
