Comment 234 for bug 95444

On 02/18/2009 10:38 AM, Thunderbird wrote:
> Could some people try the latest nvclock cvs? Some time ago I added
> proper smartdimmer detection but I still don't know if it works for
> everyone.

Sorry it took me so long, I've been rather busy lately. I did get to
compile the latest CVS, and while it works fine if I run it as myself
from the commandline, hald fails to run it (for my brightness keys) with
the following error:

[28671]: 14:45:47.158 [D] addon-acpi.c:195: event is 'video C160
00000086 00000000
'
14:45:47.159 [I] hald_dbus.c:5127: OK for method 'GetBrightness' with
signature '' on interface 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel' for
UDI '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' and execpath
'hal-system-lcd-get-brightness'
14:45:47.159 [I] hald_dbus.c:4018: no need to enqueue
14:45:47.550 [I] hald_dbus.c:4042: No more methods in queue
14:45:47.550 [I] hald_dbus.c:4105: failed with 'Error!' 'Smartdimmer is
only supported on certain (HP/SamsungSony/Zepto) laptops using a Geforce
6200/7x00Go/8x00Go. If you want support on your laptop contact the author.'
14:45:47.551 [I] hald_dbus.c:5127: OK for method 'SetBrightness' with
signature 'i' on interface 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel' for
UDI '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' and execpath
'hal-system-lcd-set-brightness'
14:45:47.551 [I] hald_dbus.c:4018: no need to enqueue
14:45:47.916 [I] hald_dbus.c:4042: No more methods in queue
14:45:47.917 [I] hald_dbus.c:4105: failed with 'Error!' 'Smartdimmer is
only supported on certain (HP/SamsungSony/Zepto) laptops using a Geforce
6200/7x00Go/8x00Go. If you want support on your laptop contact the author.'

While hald does claim to be running as root, I don't know what
privileges it runs the scripts with.

If I put the old smartdimmer 0.8b4 (without the detection logic), my
brightness keys work fine.

--
Bem Jones-Bey (<email address hidden>)