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@@ -611,19 +611,59 @@ registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
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with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
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a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
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-LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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+LCD brightness control
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+----------------------
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+
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+procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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+sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
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This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
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-models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
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-commands are:
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+models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
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+
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+It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or off
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+by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on battery"
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+functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is used, and
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+cannot be controlled.
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+
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+The backlight control has eight levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the
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+levels may not be distinct.
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+
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+Procfs notes:
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+
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+ The available commands are:
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echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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-The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
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-distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
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+Sysfs notes:
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+
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+The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is poorly
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+documented at this time.
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+Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside it
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+there will be the following attributes:
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+
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+ max_brightness:
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+ Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
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+ The minimum is always zero.
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+
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+ actual_brightness:
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+ Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
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+
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+ brightness:
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+ Writes request the driver to change brightness to the given
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+ value. Reads will tell you what brightness the driver is trying
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+ to set the display to when "power" is set to zero and the display
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+ has not been dimmed by a kernel power management event.
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+
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+ power:
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+ power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 will
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+ dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 because
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+ thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight off. Kernel
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+ power management events can temporarily increase the current
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+ power management level, i.e. they can dim the display.
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+
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Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
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