[ltp] Command to dim the LCD brightness

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:06:12 +0100


On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:16:37 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> >ACPI modules which should be loaded can be written into
> >/etc/default/acpid.
> >
> 
> Great ... btw Tino, what is the purpose of the /etc/default thingy ??? 
> In older times everything was in /etc ....

less /etc/init.d/acpid

The purpose of the files in /etc/default is to tweak some settings for
certain initstripts so the user doesn't have to modify the initscript,
only the small file in /etc/default/.

Regards,
Tino