Thank you for the clarification. The brightness did not change. I don't have to reboot or restart X for that change, do I?
Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 08:55:02PM -0000, Jeremy LaCroix wrote: >> The contents of each of those files is "7". (If it makes any difference, >> I had the laptop plugged in to AC power which makes the brightness go up >> as high as it can during POST). > >> The command that started with "echo 2" did nothing because I prefixed it >> with "sudo" and it still wouldn't let me edit it. I edited it with Kate >> and nothing changed, not sure if I have to log out after I change that >> file or not. > > You'll need to edit the file by running: > > sudo -s > echo 2 > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness > > (redirection happens in the parent shell, not as part of the sudo command, > so is not happening as root; editors are unlikely to work correctly on the > special files under /sys.) > -- Brightness Applet/Brightness Keys Do Not Work In Gateway M-7315u Laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
