Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Brightness keys on a Gateway 200 ARC

No luck in getting the brightness keys working. Here are some thoughts and links so I don't forget.

This thread is tracking the brightness key bug...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3649372

I'm running gnome-power-manager version 2.20.0 (according to the applet).
--as shipped this expects uint from dbus (according to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469748)
This needs to be compatible with what hal (hardware abstraction layer) is doing.
--how do I determine the hal i'm running?

The Gnome Brightness Applet says "Cannot get laptop panel brightness."

sites to look at
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_(Feisty_Fawn)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Brightness
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/134756
http://serbiancafe.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-works-great-on-gateway-200arc-installed-on-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-275
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469748

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