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misc: refactor
author David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr>
date Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:08:21 +0200
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4 This tool adjust your laptop brightness using ACPI. 4 This tool adjust your laptop brightness using ACPI.
5 5
6 It has been designed for broken ACPI (e.g. HP) where fn-keys do not work, 6 It has been designed for broken ACPI (e.g. HP) where fn-keys do not work,
7 instead, you can map these keys to call this tool. 7 instead, you can map these keys to call this tool.
8 8
9 Supported systems
10 =================
11
12 - Linux, requires video ACPI module,
13 - FreeBSD, requires the acpi_video(4) loaded.
14
15 Installation
16 ============
17
18 It is recommended to install this tool using the setuid to allow non-root users
19 to change the laptop backlight.
20
21 make
22 sudo make install
23
24 For FreeBSD, add the following to your **/boot/loader.conf**:
25
26 acpi_video_load=YES
27
28 Alternatively, you can compile this module into the kernel.
29
30 Usage 9 Usage
31 ===== 10 -----
32 11
33 The backlight tool supports two commands, `up` and `down` which increment and 12 The backlight tool supports two commands, `up` and `down` which increment and
34 decrement backlight respectively. 13 decrement backlight respectively.
35 14
36 Example: 15 Example: