From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 20 15:30:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DB46766 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 15:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x22d.google.com (mail-ie0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22d]) (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 0848A1840 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 15:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iepj10 with SMTP id j10so41876368iep.3 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:30:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=vbkwBKLilktWNuNVOACs4FdGgXshyj2B4qAzXuMi6Bo=; b=ToQX37XSfxY1H4R6dEFztSCVKh02kdhz4IDoVWtKk5/CLy2k/Zm3vOLcZx0UB5J8+z 267VPqDoc3l1+ZCKmNt39+D0uOng4x0PxS1v/WxKITJ9/PbhBLhozONmcpPCuTm3MU2Y WgiWpAAoqsFvc4A0OEYZNE8exYk6LFAkuWKpdGCW6A5GoedtYmdvQU+ECdN4ypckSHTT XTKqNVBRdk3kvjWgbqth0wjvgQ3HkVAKynFWUblZcNwo6b8kNs5BshU1yQbG2RWINHs1 mwSwsMjTkdVzYOG4eTEO2l/txp26UGI09oEYWXOwMfrBOIN//tC5HaIIGtvyHQaWpnYk A99A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.141.198 with SMTP id rq6mr28599864igb.6.1432135827245; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.38.133 with HTTP; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:30:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 08:30:27 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NLqQIqu-CL0bj7aYawrmUmlnxL0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Brightness control in FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE From: Adrian Chadd To: Avinash Sonawane Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:30:28 -0000 Which hardware is this? :) -a On 20 May 2015 at 06:11, Avinash Sonawane wrote: > Hello! > > # uname -a > FreeBSD titanic.rootkea.me 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 > r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014 > root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > My brightness control keys don't work. When I press "Decrease > brightness" key nothing happens whereas when I press "Increase > brightness" key the continuous string of . (dot) appears on the > application running in foreground. > > I tried `kldload acpi_video` but then when I tried to decrease the > brightness at first nothing happened and the suddenly brightness > dropped to minimum. Then when I tried to increase the brightness to > normal by pressing "Increase brightness" key the system went to reboot > automatically. > > So how do I control the brightness of my FreeBSD box? > > -- > Avinash Sonawane (RootKea) > PICT, Pune > http://rootkea.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"