Can I fine-tune my screen brightness? (Ubuntu Studio, Thinkpad T420s)
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I am in a similar situation as question Can I fine-tune my screen brightness? . For me, Thinkpad T420s and Ubuntu Studio 11.10. The brightness keys work fine but the increments are too large. I have the /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
and I can see the value of actual_brightness
changing as I use the brightness keys - it changes between values 0,3,6,9,12,15.
None of the listed answers for fine control works here, as follows:
- As the root user I can echo integers to
brightness
in the above folder. As an ordinary user I cannot. - I do not have
/usr/sbin/gnome-power-backlight-helper
(because I'm using xfce perhaps?), and not sure what package it's from or if installing such a package would make sense since it's not what's currently managing the backlight.
How can it be done, please?
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