[maemo-developers] Commands for adjusting screen brightness for N810

[From: David Weinehall]

On ons, 2009-12-16 at 07:13 +0100, ext Jey Han Lau wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know there's an built-in application for managing the display 
> (brightness, etc), although I am curious if there are any commands (I am 
> guessing it'll be D-BUS commands if there's any) to manipulate the 
> screen brightness directly, or commands to manipulate all the display 
> settings for that matter.
> 
> If there's none, are there any ways run the built-in display program (at 
> Control panel) via commands?

The display brightness control panel uses GConf for its brightness
setting.  You can simply change the relevant GConf key and have the
brightness change immediately.

The relevant GConf key in question is:

/system/osso/dsm/display/display_brightness

and valid values are 1-5.


Regards: David