[ltp] Re: X61 Brightness Question

Hendrik-Jan Heins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:21:27 +0200


Ondrej,

As far as I know, acpid also works on the console (so not only in X).
My guess is that in X you also have some other button event catcher
running? Maybe tpb or kmilo?
Having both acpid and tpb or kmilo run together might be what causes
these problems for you.


Hendrik-Jan

2007/8/19, Ondrej Balaz <ondra@blami.net>:
> On 2007-08-16, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Hendrik-Jan Heins wrote:
> >> I went to init 1, unloaded acpid and hald.
> >> And was only left with thinkpad-acpi.
> >> None of the buttons worked.
> >
> > At that point, try loading the ACPI video module.  The buttons should start
> > working.
>
> Hello,
> I have similar problem with my X60s. I can regulate brightness only in console.
> In X11 when I'm pushing Fn+Home/End screen only "blinks" with same brightness
> level. When I do `echo "level N" > /proc/acpi/ibm/brightnes` level will change -
> but I need to regulate it familiary - using buttons.
>
> I've watched & followed this thread. Here I killed acpid and buttons started
> working also under X11. Where is problem - I need run acpid to handle other
> events. So how I can run working brightness control and acpid together ?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Best regards,
> blami.
>
> >
> >> buttons worked again, so indeed it seems that acpid is running the
> >> show here :-/
> >
> > It's more likely to be something tied to hald than acpid.
> >
> > --
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> >   them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
> >   where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
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>
>
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