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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] 13.1 - screen brightness stuck on high - unresponsive to fn keys - how to fix?
From:       Peter <gumb () linuxmail ! org>
Date:       2014-07-15 8:49:41
Message-ID: 53C4EB25.702 () linuxmail ! org
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On 15/07/14 03:52, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 07/14/2014 08:28 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> On 07/14/2014 05:53 PM, Alvin Beach wrote:
>>> On my 12.3 box, rpm tells me:
>>>
>>> # rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/acpi_listen
>>>
>>> acpid-2.0.17-2.4.1.x86_64
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Alvin
>>
>> Thank you Alvin,
>>
>>    Indeed - for some reason, acpid was not installed during the 13.1
>> install.
>> That is strange, I have never had to manually select it before -- that
>> I know.
>> I'll give it a go.
>>
>
> I installed acpid, and started it
>
>    $ sudo systemctl start apcid
>
> confirm:
>
>    $ jcnl -n 50
>
> Jul 14 20:29:50 alchemy.3111skyline.com systemd[1]: Starting ACPI Event
> Daemon...
> Jul 14 20:29:50 alchemy.3111skyline.com systemd[1]: Started ACPI Event
> Daemon.
> Jul 14 20:29:50 alchemy.3111skyline.com acpid[18515]: starting up with
> netlink and the input layer
> Jul 14 20:29:50 alchemy.3111skyline.com acpid[18515]: 1 rule loaded
> Jul 14 20:29:50 alchemy.3111skyline.com acpid[18515]: waiting for
> events: event logging is off
>
> Testing acpi_listen:
>
>    $ acpi_listen
> video/brightnessdown BRTDN 00000087 00000000 K
> video/brightnessdown BRTDN 00000087 00000000 K
> video/brightnessdown BRTDN 00000087 00000000 K
> video/brightnessup BRTUP 00000086 00000000 K
> video/brightnessup BRTUP 00000086 00000000 K
> video/brightnessup BRTUP 00000086 00000000 K
> video/brightnessup BRTUP 00000086 00000000 K
> ^\Quit
>
>    Hmm. So the keystrokes are seen with acpid running, but it has no
> effect on the brightness. So it looks like we need to create hooks or a
> config for the events. But where? /etc/acpi/events? This is the first
> time with any openSuSE distro I've had to manually connect acpid event
> with screen brightness. If I need to create a config somewhere else,
> please let me know, if not, I'll go look at the events file. Thanks.
>
>

David, is this of any use to you? Just spotted it on KDE-Apps.org updates:
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KToshiba?content=18621

Peter
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