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Alan_Peery	2010-03-08 , 12:35
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Originally Posted by jakiman

Code:

echo 2 > /sys/class/backlight/acx565akm/brightness

Originally Posted by noobmonkey

wouldn't you need root rights for that? so probably adding
'| sudo gainroot'
to the end? just a guess though. and would need rootsh installed.

You want edit /etc/sudoers, and add an appropriate line. Be careful, this is the file that makes "sudo gainroot" and a lot of other things work.

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