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== <code>xbacklight</code> ==
== <code>xbacklight</code> ==


<code>xbacklight</code> uses X to change the light settings. This can be inconvenient in some situations, e.g. for use with the <code>actkbd</code> service, which doesn't know about the X session.
<code>xbacklight</code> uses X to change the light settings. This can be inconvenient in some situations, e.g. for use with the {{nixos:option|services.actkbd}} service, which doesn't know about the X session. It, though, has an history of being more compatible with different hardware, especially newer hardware<sup>[citation needed]</sup>


== <code>light</code> ==
== <code>light</code> ==

Revision as of 01:50, 6 May 2018

xbacklight

xbacklight uses X to change the light settings. This can be inconvenient in some situations, e.g. for use with the services.actkbd service, which doesn't know about the X session. It, though, has an history of being more compatible with different hardware, especially newer hardware[citation needed]

light

light does not use X to change the light settings. This can be used in situations where the X service isn't available.

Using /proc/

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