[SOLVED] Setting KDM's brightness level after its startup

Ok, so I googled, binged etc. but was unable to came up with anything reasonable, so I ended up here - yet again:-)
Is there any way to control KDM's brightness level?
I am experiencing a common problem, where Intel-GPU based laptop gets black after init when booting up and I am still looking into this thing, so in the meantime I want to be able to set KDM's brightness to 80% after it starts up.
When using GDM, I was able to use xbacklight to solve this, by adding, e.g.:
xbacklight -set 80
to /etc/gdm/Init/Default ...
I know that KDM's main config is /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc ,but this does not seem to work there.
Any suggestions?
Last edited by MatejLach (2012-04-11 15:49:07)

berbae wrote:
kdm uses:
/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
which is 'A program to run before the greeter is shown...'
according to comments in kdmrc.
You may try to write your xbacklight command in it.
That's exactly it, many thanks!

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EDIT: SOLVED by putting "xbacklight -set 6" in /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup according to wiki.
Last edited by Shark (2013-01-22 09:59:29)

berbae wrote:
kdm uses:
/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
which is 'A program to run before the greeter is shown...'
according to comments in kdmrc.
You may try to write your xbacklight command in it.
That's exactly it, many thanks!

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RMAN can't SET NEWNAME for datafiles added after Level 1

Version: 11.2.0.3
Platform : Solaris 10
I have the most recent Level 0 , Level 1 and post-L1 Archive logs of the source DB.
I am trying restore, recover in a different machine using plain RMAN (not RMAN DUPLICATE) into a new datafile location.
After the Level 1 backup was taken, 2 datafiles (namdata01.dbf, finaldata01.dbf) were added ( this got 'recorded' on the subsequent post-L1 archivelogs )
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So, I cataloged the archive logs as well using CATALOG command.
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using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
searching for all files that match the pattern /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces
List of Files Unknown to the Database
=====================================
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_full_07njqj6j_1_1_20120828.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_full_08njqj8u_1_1_20120828.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_L1_0bnjqk3d_1_1_20120829.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_L1_0cnjqk54_1_1_20120829.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_13_790513173.arc
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_14_790513173.arc
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_15_790513173.arc
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/06njqj6h_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/09njqj90_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0anjqk3b_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0dnjqk56_1_1
Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? YES
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_full_07njqj6j_1_1_20120828.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_full_08njqj8u_1_1_20120828.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_L1_0bnjqk3d_1_1_20120829.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_L1_0cnjqk54_1_1_20120829.rmbk
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_13_790513173.arc                         -------------------> arch logs that contain info on the new datafiles
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_14_790513173.arc                         -------------------> arch logs that contain info on the new datafiles
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_15_790513173.arc                          -------------------> arch logs that contain info on the new datafiles
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/06njqj6h_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/09njqj90_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0anjqk3b_1_1
File Name: /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0dnjqk56_1_1
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RMAN can't seem enforce SET NEWNAME for datafiles added after Level 1 backup despite cataloging.
Does SET NEWNAME .... thing work only for RESTORE ?
Log of restore and recover
$ cat restore-recover.txt
run
set newname for database to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/%b' ;
set newname for tempfile '/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' ;
restore database;
switch datafile all;
switch tempfile all;
recover database;
$
$ rman target / cmdfile=restore-recover.txt
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Sun Sep 16 21:27:49 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: SNTCDEV (DBID=2498462290, not open)
RMAN> run
2> {
3> set newname for database to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/%b' ;
4> set newname for tempfile '/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' ;
5> restore database;
6> switch datafile all;
7> switch tempfile all;
8> recover database;
9> }
10>
11>
executing command: SET NEWNAME
executing command: SET NEWNAME
Starting restore at 16-SEP-12
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=18 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00001 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/system01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00002 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/sysaux01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00003 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/undotbs01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00004 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/users01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00005 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/example01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00006 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/cisdata01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /u01/RMAN_bkp/BKP_sntcdev/SNTCDEV_full_07njqj6j_1_1_20120828.rmbk
channel ORA_DISK_1: errors found reading piece handle=/u01/RMAN_bkp/BKP_sntcdev/SNTCDEV_full_07njqj6j_1_1_20120828.rmbk
channel ORA_DISK_1: failover to piece handle=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_full_07njqj6j_1_1_20120828.rmbk tag=TAG20120828T234834
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:01:35
Finished restore at 16-SEP-12
datafile 1 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=8 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/system01.dbf
datafile 2 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=9 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/sysaux01.dbf
datafile 3 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=10 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/undotbs01.dbf
datafile 4 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=11 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/users01.dbf
datafile 5 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=12 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/example01.dbf
datafile 6 switched to datafile copy
input datafile copy RECID=13 STAMP=794179772 file name=/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/cisdata01.dbf
renamed tempfile 1 to /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf in control file
Starting recover at 16-SEP-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
destination for restore of datafile 00001: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/system01.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00002: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/sysaux01.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00003: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/undotbs01.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00004: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/users01.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00005: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/example01.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00006: /u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/cisdata01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /u01/RMAN_bkp/BKP_sntcdev/SNTCDEV_L1_0bnjqk3d_1_1_20120829.rmbk
channel ORA_DISK_1: errors found reading piece handle=/u01/RMAN_bkp/BKP_sntcdev/SNTCDEV_L1_0bnjqk3d_1_1_20120829.rmbk
channel ORA_DISK_1: failover to piece handle=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/SNTCDEV_L1_0bnjqk3d_1_1_20120829.rmbk tag=TAG20120829T000356
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03
starting media recovery
archived log for thread 1 with sequence 13 is already on disk as file /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_13_790513173.arc
archived log for thread 1 with sequence 14 is already on disk as file /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_14_790513173.arc
archived log for thread 1 with sequence 15 is already on disk as file /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_15_790513173.arc
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archived log restore to default destination
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring archived log
archived log thread=1 sequence=12
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0dnjqk56_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: piece handle=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/0dnjqk56_1_1 tag=TAG20120829T000454
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
archived log file name=/u01/archLogs/arch_1_12_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=12
archived log file name=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_13_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=13
creating datafile file number=7 name=/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/namdata01.dbf
archived log file name=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_13_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=13
archived log file name=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_14_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=14
archived log file name=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_15_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=15
creating datafile file number=8 name=/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/finaldata01.dbf
archived log file name=/u01/CATALOGTST/rmanBkpPieces/arch_1_15_790513173.arc thread=1 sequence=15
unable to find archived log
archived log thread=1 sequence=16
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 09/16/2012 21:29:51
RMAN-06054: media recovery requesting unknown archived log for thread 1 with sequence 16 and starting SCN of 1004015
Recovery Manager complete.
$
$
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Sun Sep 16 21:30:04 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> select name from v$datafile;
NAME
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/system01.dbf
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/sysaux01.dbf
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/undotbs01.dbf
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/users01.dbf
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/example01.dbf
/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/cisdata01.dbf
/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/namdata01.dbf           ----------------------> restored to old location ignoring SET NEWNAME ....
/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/finaldata01.dbf         ----------------------> restored to old location ignoring SET NEWNAME ....
8 rows selected.
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
$ cd /u01/app/oradata/sntcdev            # -----------------------------> the old location
$
$ ls -alrt
total 243924
drwxr-xr-x   3 oracle   oinstall     512 Aug 5 10:55 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 oracle   oinstall     512 Sep 16 20:59 .
-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 104865792 Sep 16 21:29 namdata01.dbf
-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 19931136 Sep 16 21:29 finaldata01.dbf

RMAN> run
2> {
3> set newname for database to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/%b' ;
4> set newname for tempfile '/u01/app/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' to '/u01/app/CLONE1/oradata/sntcdev/temp01.dbf' ;
5> restore database;
6> switch datafile all;
7> switch tempfile all;
8> recover database;
9> }RMAN executes the commands in the run block stepwise. In your case, starting from "set newname for database..." and lastly executing "recover database...".
Let me interpret it for you.
1. You restored the controlfile from the L1 backup which does not have any information about the 2 newly added datafiles. You cataloged the backuppieces and the archives to this controlfile, which means that the controlfile would now be aware that the required backups and archives are in this cataloged location.
2. You set newname for database to the desired location, thereby this command is executed restoring the database from the L0 and L1 backups. (These 2 backups do not have any information about the newly added datafiles and hence the 2 files would still not be restored).
3. You execute restore database which restores the files from L0 and L1 backup.
4. Switch datafile all, this renames all the files that were restored in the previous steps to the desired name/location that was mentioned in step 2.
5. Recover database: This is where the archivelogs come into picture. The data in the archives would be created & recovered. The newly added datafiles are now created & recovered but RMAN does not go back to STEP 2 and STEP 4 to re-execute the commands in STEP2 and STEP4 to restore it to the desired location (STEP 2) and Rename it (STEP 4). The files will have to renamed later by moving them manually to the location that you require.
So, RMAN does not execute the SET NEWNAME for datafiles which were added after the backup as the information about these files do not exist in the RMAN backuppieces.

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I would like to set up (maybe write a script?) that will set my monitor's brightness to 100% immediately after GDM (my display manager) will start...
I know there are ways to automatically set up full brightness in GNOME itself, but these are usually taking effect AFTER you log in and so they are not affecting GDM - I would like to set it up for GDM so, BEFORE I log in, but WHEN I AM AT THE LOGIN SCREEN...
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Here are instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Login_screen
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blaeblae wrote:
My computer came with Snow Leopard (it's the 13" Macbook Pro) and after installing the upgrade from 10.6.1 to 10.6.2 I noticed that the brightness decreased dramatically. I don't think it has anything to do with gamma as I tried to adjust that and it didn't really make that big a difference. I have now increased the brightness but I still think there might be something wrong with my laptop because I don't know if the update could decrease the brightness levels as they were the default levels, I hadn't changed them... It would seem strange somehow... I did install the update when I didn't have the computer connected to a power source, could that have caused this?
yes, that was most likely it. and a bad idea it was on your part. never do that again. if the computer runs out of power in the middle of an update this can brick your system and require a reinstall.
Could installing the update again help? Or could I uninstall it somehow? This is my first Mac so I'm rather clueless about everything...
you don't need to do anything. the brightness was reduced automatically during the update to conserve energy.

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It sounds like it's most likely one of two things...
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[SOLVED] Setting LCD brightness in terminal

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Last edited by tasty_minerals (2011-10-12 20:13:37)

roygbiv wrote:
I used this script binded with two keys:
#!/bin/bash
file="/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness"
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if [[ "$#" -eq 0 ]]; then
cat $file
elif [[ "$1" = "-" ]]; then
echo $(( level - 1 )) > $file
elif [[ "$1" = "+" ]]; then
echo $(( level + 1 )) > $file
fi
By adding the location of the script to root's $PATH, i.e $HOME/myscripts, it can be run with sudo. It accepts '+' and '-', but it can easily be changed to handle brightness [0-24] values I guess.
thanks again, will try it out

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I can't see this issue anywhere, so I'm sorry if I duplicate it here.
Since the upgrade to 2.6.30, the sound on my desktop system (VIA P4M890) is very low. (I also have a Thinkpad with an Intel GM45 chipset, and this is working like a charm.)
I'm using a very simple ALSA configuration. There is sound, but it is just almost inaudible. I've set the highest possible level in alsamixer and when I turn up the volume to the maximum, I can hear sound. But it is very weak and not very clear. It's not related to hardware failure: rolling back to 2.6.29 fixes the problem.
Did anyone detect the same issue?
Last edited by quickfished (2011-04-05 05:52:49)

quickfished wrote:
fukawi2 wrote:I had a similar problem, but then found there was a new channel in alsamixer for "Speaker" which needed to be turned up...
Alright mate, thanks. Let me try that.
In fact, I didn't have that new channel, but I set the VIA DXS mixers to 100% (like described here: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Via) and now everything is working.
Great!

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Just got a new 27 inch iMac and keep on having to change the brightness level back to the brightness I prefer.
I do not have auto adjust checked, I put the brightness slider up to the level I like and after a while the brightness dims to what seems like the default level as its always down to the same spot on the slider...what gives? i just want it to stay where I want it...
Help.

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all by itself. I had that problem, then flickering of my screen also was taking place. I didn't bring my unit into Apple
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problem of autobrightness, is slipping back to 3/4. So most of you have autobrightness problem in a sort of different way. I set mine to "torch" because my downstairs bedroom is dim (with one overhead light), but sometimes, just plain dark,, so I want to sometimes keep it at torch,, however, it still slips back. You would
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My Imac 'august 2007', also changed to full brightness.
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I hope it's in the right category...
After waking up notebook from suspend in Gnome (I didn't try it in KDE), the brightness is at its full. Normally, it is set to like 30%. Any ideas why is brightness full after awaking and how to make it to keep the brightness as it was before suspending?
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Hm, that is interesting. I had ACPI installed. Then, I installed acpid and added acpid to the daemons in /etc/rc.conf. But that didn't fix the issue. I even tried to change brightness settings in Gnome but that didn't help either. I also tried to fix the issue according to Wiki entry in acpid. It did not work.
If it helps, I'm pasting my /etc/acpi/handler.sh:
#!/bin/sh
# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
# NOTE: This is a 2.6-centric script. If you use 2.4.x, you'll have to
# modify it to not use /sys
minspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq`
maxspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq`
setspeed="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed"
set $*
case "$1" in
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PBTN|PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/sleep)
case "$2" in
SLPB) echo -n mem >/sys/power/state ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC|ACAD|ADP0)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start
00000001)
echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
battery)
case "$2" in
BAT0)
case "$4" in
00000000) #echo "offline" >/dev/tty5
00000001) #echo "online" >/dev/tty5
esac
CPU0)
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/lid)
#echo "LID switched!">/dev/tty5
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
esac

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Hello All,
I'm having an issue with my new x120e where after a couple suspend/resume cycles both the Trackpoint scroll function and the ability to adjust screen brightness no longer work. Using the Trackpoint only yields results as a pointing device, and trying to use the brightness controls does nothing--no on-screen brightness level display. I've searched the forums but couldn't find these exact issues, and I'm using the latest versions of the UltraNav driver and Utility.
Thanks!

hey cbolos,
check via http://support.lenovo.com and see that your Power Management software is at its latest version. If not, download and install.
if it is the latest, uninstall all UltraNav drivers+Utilities and the Power Management.
let window install its generic drivers. Test and see if it happens again
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