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gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #535097
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 535097

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Ali Utku Selen (auselen) wrote :

Sorry to hear that...

If you are interested in debugging the brightness applet, easiest way for me was;

mkdir gpm; cd gpm
apt-get source gnome-power-manager
cd gnome-power-manager-2.30.0
./configure
cd applets/brightness/
make

If this works, there will be "gnome-brightness-applet" binary in the same directory. (if some packages are missing it shouldn't be that hard to figure out)

You can replace regular applet with yours by; first removing brightness applet from panel by right clicking and selecting "Remove From Panel". Run your version of brightness applet. Then re add brightness applet to panel just as you would add the regular one (right click, add to panel, brightness applet) . This time your version of brightness applet will be running on panel, instead of the normal one. You will probably see some prints. So the idea is, if your version of the applet is already working, system will add it to the panel rather than starting the regular one.

You can add some more printfs in the code and try to findout what the problem is... for you :)