FS#63621 - [light] fails to adjust brightness after update to v1.2
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Opened by Ahmed (sahaf) - Sunday, 01 September 2019, 17:45 GMT
Last edited by Maxim Baz (maximbaz) - Sunday, 01 September 2019, 18:24 GMT
Opened by Ahmed (sahaf) - Sunday, 01 September 2019, 17:45 GMT
Last edited by Maxim Baz (maximbaz) - Sunday, 01 September 2019, 18:24 GMT
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Description:
Latest update v1.2 fails to adjust the brightness without sudo due to permission related issue, based on the verbose output. Additional info: * light v1.2 * sysfs/backlight/intel_backlight Steps to reproduce: * Update to latest light v1.2 * execute: light -v 3 -U 10 Output: helpers.c:21: Error: could not open '/home/ahm/.config/light/targets/sysfs/backlight/auto/minimum' for reading helpers.c:21: Error: Verify it exists with the right permissions helpers.c:45: Error: could not open '/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness' for writing helpers.c:45: Error: Verify it exists with the right permissions impl/sysfs.c:133: Error: failed to write to sysfs device light.c:905: Error: failed to write to target main.c:20: Error: Execution failed |
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Closed by Maxim Baz (maximbaz)
Sunday, 01 September 2019, 18:24 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Thanks for reporting! This is due to recent change in FS#63493 , we now use udev rules to avoid suid, and as per upstream docs you
must add your user to the `video` group.
Sunday, 01 September 2019, 18:24 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Thanks for reporting! This is due to recent change in