Re: Need help controlling laptom display brightness via sysctl

Christos Margiolis to Anton Shepelev:

> > If you (or whever) has this working, please let us know
> > the value of the `hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active' sysctl
> > variable.
>
> I haven't solved it yet, but my hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active
> is 0 as well.

If you happen to run 13.2 again, or upgrade to 15 and it
starts working, please make a not of it.  By way of a
workaround, you can use the `backlight' utility.

> Also feel free to add the information in my bug report. :)

I cannot add anything about your situation with your
hardware.