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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:28:26 +0100
From:      "Ranjan1018 ." <214748mv@gmail.com>
To:        Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: uncontrollable brightness with PC-BSD 11.0-CURRENT
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2015-12-19 3:55 GMT+01:00 Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>:

> On 16/12/2015 14:58, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>
> > Maybe graphics/intel-backlight will work for you?
> > (pkg install intel-backlight)
>
> Thanks. That's now installed, but ineffective (no visible change with,
> for example, a fifty percent reduction).
>
> Hi,
The intel_backlight utility is usable only if the i915kms.ko driver is in
use. You can verify it with the command:

 $ kldstat | grep i915kms
 6    1 0xffffffff82636000 7a031    i915kms.ko

-- Maurizio



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