From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Dec 19 08:28:27 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117C2A4A470 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:28:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 214748mv@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x236.google.com (mail-io0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D791A108B for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 214748mv@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x236.google.com with SMTP id 186so114035707iow.0 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:28:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=2bKYEID+EvkqXxHk46/GhzwkESP/WJpqdlQIdg3p6e0=; b=skgKBbPAt/LMcPBfyIdWTALljM2B7Hl5GWcjPNojcjGnDkKuXlvns3PUt3i8B/xJN0 SpcMu3rULncCVfYOl+yWv27jlruwTG36vioXGQ77tVsYBY5leacif3z7A3eMRZa4vDxA WMpJc1KW7HdxLbn/yv5ywEQ+LwfG1t9aGkpFw0uwuGjRGQ8o0tCrHQg7mr8QK2pR53qw d0iBPg9LJ9F77IyNYIRXKPPhxVweEB4GAx11iR9fZOK/e4+LZkYq+BXjmQmaVG2uuzpm q/VHv9uR0RPvPW5pBDcCf7NvsJp7J7jXmhWS36NopYGdRj3+Qcoqv+JtlRBTSEwaH6OF 5ZUA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.46.137 with SMTP id u9mr9393476iou.136.1450513706269; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:28:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.79.33.19 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:28:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5674C73C.8080206@gmail.com> References: <5671139A.50500@gmail.com> <729495174.1958995.1450297806295.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <5674C73C.8080206@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:28:26 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: uncontrollable brightness with PC-BSD 11.0-CURRENT From: "Ranjan1018 ." <214748mv@gmail.com> To: Graham Perrin Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:28:27 -0000 2015-12-19 3:55 GMT+01:00 Graham Perrin : > 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