[ltp] xbacklight

Arno Trautmann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:49:29 +0100


David Bremner wrote:
>>>>>> "Arno" == Arno Trautmann <arno.trautmann@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>     Arno> hi, I‘m new to this list and also to linux… So I have a new
>     Arno> thinkpad X61s, running Arch with XFCE4.  Some time ago I
>     Arno> wrote here that I cannot control the backlight brightnes and
>     Arno> got the answer „xbacklight is your friend“.  So I googled,
>     Arno> but did not manage to install and use it, nor did I find a
>     Arno> good page that explained it to me. I would be very
>     Arno> thankfull, if someone could give me a hint, where to search
>     Arno> and how to get it working.
> 
> Dear Arno, 
> 
> Google harder :-)
> 
> it is in the arch package xorg-server-utils, according my googling.

wow… quick answer, 5min later I got it and it works!
Thanks so much, I didn’t manage this within weeks…
yes, googleing is a great art…

greets
Arno