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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
Subject: Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:57:06 +0200, CeDeROM wrote:
> Hey :-) For my Dell laptop the backlight is controlled by hardware, unlike
> sound keys where you can assign them to use xf86audiovolumeup/down (or
> similar) to interact with mixer.

Same here for a Dell, an IBM and a Lenovo laptop: The brightness
keys are "hard-wired" and act without OS interaction, whereas the
multimedia keys are "normal" keys (check with "xev" program) and
can be programmed to do anything (like issuing "mixer" commands).



> I would search for automatic backlight
> hothey that would block manual control, or BIOS settings (like automatic
> backlight) or maybe new BIOS would fix that problem..?

Sometimes you can adjust brightness in BIOS setup. If you don't
need to change brightness all the time, this seems to be the
most comfortable situation.


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Polytropon
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