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what's gsd-backlight-helper doing, and how is that *helping* ?
Okt 28 16:41:34 sinix pkexec[13151]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 637]
Okt 28 16:41:35 sinix pkexec[13156]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:35 sinix pkexec[13156]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 646]
Okt 28 16:41:35 sinix pkexec[13161]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:35 sinix pkexec[13161]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 637]
Okt 28 16:41:36 sinix pkexec[13166]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:36 sinix pkexec[13166]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 646]
Okt 28 16:41:37 sinix pkexec[13171]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:37 sinix pkexec[13171]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 637]
Okt 28 16:41:40 sinix pkexec[13176]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:40 sinix pkexec[13176]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 646]
Okt 28 16:41:43 sinix pkexec[13181]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:43 sinix pkexec[13181]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 637]
Okt 28 16:41:44 sinix pkexec[13188]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:44 sinix pkexec[13188]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 646]
Okt 28 16:41:47 sinix pkexec[13194]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:47 sinix pkexec[13194]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 637]
Okt 28 16:41:48 sinix pkexec[13199]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Okt 28 16:41:48 sinix pkexec[13199]: meena: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/meena] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 646]
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In case you're still asking yourself: It react to ambient light changes and adjust the brightness.

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igalic commented Feb 12, 2020

yeah, i actually unloaded and blacklisted the module to make it stop 😅

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;-D

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