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.