From: Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:42:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: when forcefully switching to internal mode, check brightness of internal screen and... 
X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/lilass.git/commitdiff_plain/467c84630b284769e555be54f2d47eecc36ed7df

when forcefully switching to internal mode, check brightness of internal screen and increase it if appropriate
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diff --git a/dsl.py b/dsl.py
index d05c470..2baca7d 100755
--- a/dsl.py
+++ b/dsl.py
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 			call += ["--output", name] + connectorArgs[name]
 		print("Call that will be made:",call)
 		subprocess.check_call(call)
+		
+		# make sure the internal screen is really, *really* turned on if requested
+		if cmdArgs.internal_only:
+			backlight = float(subprocess.check_output(["xbacklight", "-get"]).strip())
+			if backlight == 0: # it's completely turned off, we better enable it
+				subprocess.check_call(["xbacklight", "-set", "100"])
 	except Exception as e:
 		frontend.error(str(e))
 		raise