[Q] Software control of LCD backlight?

[Xavier Bestel]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 09:05 -0500, Pat Kane wrote:
> Is it possible to vary the intensity of the backlight on
> modern LCD panels (e.g. Dell 17'') from software
> such as the X server?

Yes, there is http://ddccontrol.sourceforge.net/ which should do it.
This kind of thing should be handled by RandR imho, but apparently the
monitors don't follow a common spec.

	Xav