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Releases: Hendrikto/backlight_control

Handle file opening error

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@Hendrikto Hendrikto released this 29 Jul 23:57

Don't segfault if the brightness file cannot be opened.

Support building with for different vendors

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@Hendrikto Hendrikto released this 07 Jun 17:18

The vendor backlight directory was previously hardcoded as /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight. This leads to the project not building on systems with a different vendor backlight directory.

This release tries to address the problem by using a heuristic to find the vendor backlight directory.

Incorporate community feedback

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@Hendrikto Hendrikto released this 02 Jan 00:28
  • Use setuid root over adding a sudoers exception
  • Use install to install the program after compilation, set the owner, group, mode, and suid bit, and don't rely on the folders already existing
  • Include a license

First public release

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@Hendrikto Hendrikto released this 30 Dec 13:57

First public release.