<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <pre wrap="">Hello again Richard, thanks for the quick reply! </pre> <br> <pre wrap="">> You want to look > at /usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-set-brightness, although you do > need some stuff in acpi.c to pick up the type and add the correct > capability. I can help you with this. Thought so... looking at the script alone seemed like a waste of time, since I didn't know the source of the environment variables controlling it. > No problem, all I need from you is: > * The command as root you use to change the lcd brightness,... # echo $value > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness > * The number of brightness states, e.g. my toshiba goes from brightness > 0-7 so it has 8 states. $value in the above statement goes from 1 upto 8 (8 states) > * The command as root you use to get the current brightness, which for > you is probably "cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness" # cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness levels: 8 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 current: 4 one note: after booting the laptop, I have to initialize this by setting the brightness, otherwise it replies current: 0 (which is an impossible value). > * The make and model of your laptop. Fujitsu Siemens Stylistic ST4121 # lshw says something like: description: Notebook product: STYLISTIC ST Series vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS version: T41__ Thanks again for your help! If there's any code I should test, I'll be happy to check out CVS and/or patch my current source (debian package 0.5.7). - Ján </pre> </body> </html>