Mainview: simpler backlight detection (#251)

elementary · May 14, 2024 · 036eeac · 036eeac
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commit 036eeac
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 23 deletions.
diff --git a/src/MainView.vala b/src/MainView.vala
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class Power.MainView : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
 
         box.append (devices_box);
 
-        if (backlight_detect ()) {
+        if (screen.brightness != -1) {
             var als_switch = new Gtk.Switch () {
                 halign = END
             };
@@ -354,28 +354,6 @@ public class Power.MainView : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
         });
     }
 
-    private static bool backlight_detect () {
-        var interface_path = File.new_for_path ("/sys/class/backlight/");
-
-        try {
-            var enumerator = interface_path.enumerate_children (
-            GLib.FileAttribute.STANDARD_NAME,
-            FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE);
-            FileInfo backlight;
-            if ((backlight = enumerator.next_file ()) != null) {
-                debug ("Detected backlight interface");
-                return true;
-            }
-
-        enumerator.close ();
-
-        } catch (GLib.Error err) {
-            critical (err.message);
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
     private void on_scale_value_changed () {
         var val = (int) scale.get_value ();
         ((DBusProxy)screen).g_properties_changed.disconnect (on_screen_properties_changed);