In HP ProBook 430 G2 on 10.1-STABLE r279796 I can't adjust brightness level in any way. sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0.brightness is absent. Other sysctl's are absent too. --- My dev.acpi_hp values of sysctl's: dev.acpi_hp.%parent: dev.acpi_hp.0.%desc: HP ACPI-WMI Mapping dev.acpi_hp.0.%driver: acpi_hp dev.acpi_hp.0.%location: dev.acpi_hp.0.%pnpinfo: dev.acpi_hp.0.%parent: acpi_wmi0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_enabled: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_radio: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_on_air: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_enable_if_radio_on: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_disable_if_radio_off: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_enabled: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_radio: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_on_air: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_enable_if_radio_on: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_disable_if_radio_off: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_enabled: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_radio: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_on_air: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_enable_if_radio_on: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_disable_if_radio_off: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.als_enabled: 4 dev.acpi_hp.0.display: 65792 dev.acpi_hp.0.hdd_temperature: 4 dev.acpi_hp.0.is_docked: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.cmi_detail: 0 dev.acpi_hp.0.verbose: 0 ---- My hw.acpi values: hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S3 S4 S5 hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S3 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE hw.acpi.standby_state: NONE hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3 hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1 hw.acpi.s4bios: 0 hw.acpi.verbose: 0 hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0 hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 1 hw.acpi.reset_video: 0 hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1 hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 0 hw.acpi.battery.life: 45 hw.acpi.battery.time: 121 hw.acpi.battery.state: 1 hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 hw.acpi.acline: 0 ... (except thermal) ---- My loader.conf is: kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0" aesni_load="YES" zfs_load="YES" if_rum_load="YES" acpi_wmi_load="YES" i915kms_load="YES" i915_load="YES" acpi_hp_load="YES" acpi_video_load="YES" ----------------------- my ASL dump: #acpidump -td > my.asl https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44982204/my.asl ----------------------- May be is possible to patch ASL?
I solved my problem by compiling intel_backlight like that : https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/samsung-ativ-book-2-brightness.44146/#post-249316
It might also be useful to know if the recent opregion changes in i915kms fixes this for you the way it fixes it for several thinkpads.