Laptop Brightness indicator

Question

I have developed a brightness indicator for unity in python. I change the brightness using the following system call:

echo 4 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness  [value = 0 to 9]

Problem is this command needs root access. Because of brightness file's permission:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2012-04-23 17:36 /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness

So i just change the file's permission to 775. It worked. But after reboot the file's permission change again. Now it can not be done because permission denied. How can i do this without root permission?

thanks in advance

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:38

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One thing you can do is change the permissions in some sort of startup script, such as /etc/rc.local.

answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:38

Ibrahim

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It's a way but looking for better solution. thanks for reply – shantanu Apr 30 '12 at 19:41
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this answer has a sample rc.local script: http://askubuntu.com/questions/3841/desktop-doesnt-remember-brightness-settings-after-a-reboot/68143#68143 – ImaginaryRobots Apr 30 '12 at 20:17
Pretty sure sysfs stuff's permissions are not persistent so there's not really any better way to do it. – Ibrahim Jul 13 '12 at 22:45

Laptop Brightness indicator

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