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harryhaller 02-24-2011 10:01 PM

how can one adjust the monitor brightness?
 
Researching this problem, I find very often this solution:
Code:

echo -n 100 > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness
Unfortunately, I don't have that on my old PC:

Quote:

ls -F --group-directories-first /proc/acpi/

button/
embedded_controller/
power_resource/
processor/
thermal_zone/
dsdt
event
fadt
info
sleep
wakeup
here's lspci:
Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 12)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 12)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 12)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 12)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 12)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 12)
02:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0f.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
02:0f.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
02:0f.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)
My monitor is an lcd monitor.

manwichmakesameal 02-24-2011 10:06 PM

If you are using xfce, there is a plugin for adjusting the brightness. Not sure if it uses the acpi interface or not though.

harryhaller 02-24-2011 10:23 PM

No, I am using ratpoison.

I've seen also suggestions that on some machine one should use
Quote:

/sys/class/backlight
But that directory is empty on my machine.

guanx 02-25-2011 04:44 AM

There are probably buttons on your monitor.


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