Re: [Intel-gfx] What to do with xf86-video-intel backlight control when running Xorg as non root

2014-02-14 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 02/13/2014 09:24 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote: Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:37:47 +0100 From: Hans de Goede hdego...@redhat.com snip Right, that is what I was thinking too, so the question then becomes how hard you will scream at me if I add something like this to xf86-video-intel linux

Re: [Intel-gfx] What to do with xf86-video-intel backlight control when running Xorg as non root

2014-02-13 Thread Chris Wilson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 04:52:59PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi All, Currently xf86-video-intel is unique in that it is the only video driver which does backlight control inside the driver rather then letting something else (ie the desktop environment) deal with it. This is a problem

Re: [Intel-gfx] What to do with xf86-video-intel backlight control when running Xorg as non root

2014-02-13 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 02/13/2014 05:40 PM, Chris Wilson wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 04:52:59PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi All, Currently xf86-video-intel is unique in that it is the only video driver which does backlight control inside the driver rather then letting something else (ie the desktop

Re: [Intel-gfx] What to do with xf86-video-intel backlight control when running Xorg as non root

2014-02-13 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:37:47 +0100 From: Hans de Goede hdego...@redhat.com Hi, Hi Hans, Apologies in advance for jumping into the discussion at a somewhat random point. On 02/13/2014 05:40 PM, Chris Wilson wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 04:52:59PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi All,

Re: [Intel-gfx] What to do with xf86-video-intel backlight control when running Xorg as non root

2014-02-13 Thread Chris Wilson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 08:37:47PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi, On 02/13/2014 05:40 PM, Chris Wilson wrote: Otherwise, it seems like we need the proxy in order to keep the xrandr property available to users and prevent those who rely upon it in scripts from seeing regressions.