On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 12:40:58AM +0200, Carlos Perell? Mar?n wrote: > I don't think the error message should be changed, it says just what > happens, if you want to control the backlight of your computer, you need > write access to /dev/pmu that's all.
The message _is_ broken. A device file using mode 666 is a security risk. So even if gnome wants it that way it should a) word the message differently and b) add a checkbox to turn it off. I would have filled a bug already if I wasn't too lazy to find out which package to report it against ;)