On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 14:42, Erik Karlin wrote:
> I started implemented reading/writing the backlight values directly, as you can
> see from the #ifdef READ_BACKLIGHT stuff. Since I don't have the kernel
> includes yet, I could not even compile that stuff to test it. If/when I get the
> includes sorted out, I can make those changes in gpe-config-sleep and
> gpe-conf/sleep if you like.
Erm, why do you think that reading directly from the hardware in the
configuration program is neater than calling the (setuid) bl? Even apart
from concerns with privileges, it would seem nicer to me if people
didn't have to arrange to have kernel headers around to compile it.
Also, it's easier for us if we leave the responsibility to work out how
to read the brightness on future hardware with the distribution, rather
than having to implement it ourselves.
-- MorayReceived on Mon Aug 19 2002 - 15:42:24 EDT
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