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-rw-r--r--src/uxa/intel_display.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/uxa/intel_display.c b/src/uxa/intel_display.c
index a4e04ec4..e1b29201 100644
--- a/src/uxa/intel_display.c
+++ b/src/uxa/intel_display.c
@@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ intel_output_backlight_get_max(xf86OutputPtr output)
char path[BACKLIGHT_PATH_LEN], val[BACKLIGHT_VALUE_LEN];
int fd, max = 0;
+ /* We are used as an initial check to see if we can
+ * control the backlight, so first test if we can set values.
+ */
+ sprintf(path, "%s/%s/brightness",
+ BACKLIGHT_CLASS, intel_output->backlight_iface);
+ if (access(path, R_OK | W_OK))
+ return -1;
+
sprintf(path, "%s/%s/max_brightness",
BACKLIGHT_CLASS, intel_output->backlight_iface);
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);