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1<?xml version="1.0"?>
2<!--*-nxml-*-->
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3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
4 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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c101b656 6<refentry id="systemd-backlight_.service" conditional='ENABLE_BACKLIGHT'
4623eecb 7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>systemd-backlight@.service</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>systemd-backlight@.service</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>systemd-backlight@.service</refname>
21 <refname>systemd-backlight</refname>
22 <refpurpose>Load and save the display backlight brightness at boot and shutdown</refpurpose>
23 </refnamediv>
24
25 <refsynopsisdiv>
26 <para><filename>systemd-backlight@.service</filename></para>
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27 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-backlight</filename> save [backlight|leds]:DEVICE</para>
28 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-backlight</filename> load [backlight|leds]:DEVICE</para>
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29 </refsynopsisdiv>
30
31 <refsect1>
32 <title>Description</title>
33
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34 <para><filename>systemd-backlight@.service</filename> is a service that restores the display backlight
35 brightness at early boot and saves it at shutdown. On disk, the backlight brightness is stored in
36 <filename>/var/lib/systemd/backlight/</filename>. During loading, if the udev property
37 <option>ID_BACKLIGHT_CLAMP</option> is not set to false, the brightness is clamped to a value of at least
38 1 or 5% of maximum brightness, whichever is greater. The percentage can be adjusted by specifying a
39 percentage (needs to be suffixed with <literal>%</literal>, e.g. <literal>30%</literal>) to the property
40 <option>ID_BACKLIGHT_CLAMP</option>.</para>
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41 </refsect1>
42
43 <refsect1>
44 <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
45
46 <para><filename>systemd-backlight</filename> understands the
47 following kernel command line parameter:</para>
48
49 <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
50 <varlistentry>
51 <term><varname>systemd.restore_state=</varname></term>
52
53 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Defaults to
54 <literal>1</literal>. If <literal>0</literal>, does not
55 restore the backlight settings on boot. However, settings will
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56 still be stored on shutdown. </para>
57
58 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v209"/></listitem>
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59 </varlistentry>
60 </variablelist>
61 </refsect1>
62
63 <refsect1>
64 <title>See Also</title>
65 <para>
66 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
67 </para>
68 </refsect1>
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70</refentry>