tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post1146521668183653705..comments2024-01-02T13:43:52.659+05:30Comments on manki’s weblog: Controlling screen brightness in LinuxMankihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01719555448858778552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post-1820436327598822732013-01-12T18:57:33.984+05:302013-01-12T18:57:33.984+05:30Thanks tom, your posted command worked on my eeepc...Thanks tom, your posted command worked on my eeepc. I used it on linux and haiku too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post-48943842481451416592013-01-05T04:44:44.443+05:302013-01-05T04:44:44.443+05:30Thanks for sharing your script, Tom. For most peo...Thanks for sharing your script, Tom. For most people something simple like this would be sufficient.Mankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719555448858778552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post-33994071844193073742012-12-25T17:55:06.978+05:302012-12-25T17:55:06.978+05:30I've built a simple shell script to do this......I've built a simple shell script to do this... It's probably not as extensible as your Go program, but it works for me. An enterprising person could probably add in more options, but I'm fine with 25, 50, 75, and 100% brightnesses. Eventually I'll figure out how to make it increment and decrement brightness with command line options.<br /><br />[code]<br />#!/bin/bash<br /># (1) prompt user, and read command line argument<br />read -p "Select a brightness level from 1 (25%) to 4(100%) or press N to quit: " answer<br /><br /># (2) handle the command line argument we were given<br />while true<br />do<br /> case $answer in<br /> [1]* ) sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 f4.b=3f<br /> break;;<br /><br /> [2]* ) sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 f4.b=7f<br /> break;;<br /><br /> [3]* ) sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 f4.b=bd<br /> break;;<br /><br /> [4]* ) sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 f4.b=ff<br /> break;;<br /><br /> [nN]* ) exit;;<br /><br /> * ) echo "Dude, just enter 1-4 or N, please."; break ;;<br /> esac<br />done<br />[/code]<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094317220644387458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post-33237247598850210082011-12-02T05:51:46.953+05:302011-12-02T05:51:46.953+05:30not on mine neather. Asusnot on mine neather. Asusmarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28645193.post-18508500181181842822011-11-06T13:22:14.997+05:302011-11-06T13:22:14.997+05:30Yes, but the solution is only for your laptop mode...Yes, but the solution is only for your laptop model. It doesn`t work on mine (dell)Gelehttp://lonebrain.netnoreply@blogger.com