/backlightd

Nicer display backlight (screen brightness) controls for FreeBSD

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backlightd

Nicer display backlight (screen brightness) controls for FreeBSD

Install

Download latest release:

https://github.com/hiway/backlightd/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Install

pkg install backlightd-VERSION.pkg

Load acpi_ibm kernel module:

kldload acpi_ibm
sysrc kld_list+=acpi_ibm

Initialise, enable and start the service

service backlightd init
service backlightd enable
service backlightd start

Try pressing the brightness keys (Fn+F5 / Fn+F6), your screen brightness should fade between a handful presets.