indicator-brightness

  1. Bug #1171946
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1171946

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Malcolm Jaros (maljaros) wrote : Re: [Bug 1171946] Re: crashes with message "No backlights were found on your system"

On 24/04/2013 11:42, Erwin Rohde wrote:
> Try to run this from a terminal:
> pkexec /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --get-max-brightness
> This should not return '0' as a result, but a number > 0.
>
> If this command does return '0', your system is not supported, because
> it uses the gsd-backlight-helper to change display brightness.
>
 Thank you Erwin.
The command:

pkexec /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --get-max-brightness

produces:

** (gsd-backlight-helper:7805): WARNING **: failed to find any devices

so I think I must accept that my system is not supported.

Regards, Malcolm Jaros