kmilo: improve brightness OSD feedback by displaying the actual value. This may differ from the set value on machines with few brightness steps capability

Signed-off-by: Michele Calgaro <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kmilo/generic/generic_monitor.cpp b/kmilo/generic/generic_monitor.cpp
index 5751037..435b6df 100644
--- a/kmilo/generic/generic_monitor.cpp
+++ b/kmilo/generic/generic_monitor.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,18 @@ void GenericMonitor::brightnessChange(int direction, int step)
 			{
 				tdepowersave->send("do_brightnessDown", step);
 			}
-			_interface->displayProgress(i18n("Brightness"), brightnessLevel);
+
+			DCOPReply reply = tdepowersave->call("brightnessGet");
+			if (reply.isValid())
+			{
+				// Display real brightness value. This may differ from the set value
+				// on machines with few brightness steps.
+				_interface->displayProgress(i18n("Brightness"), (int)reply);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				_interface->displayProgress(i18n("Brightness"), brightnessLevel);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }