Comment 4 for bug 38323

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Xavier Verne (xavier-verne) wrote :

I confirm this bug on SONY VGN-FE11H

_ Filght 6 uptodate (April 29th)
_ No Fn Key work
_ Kernel 2.6.15-21
_ sonypi module loaded (automatically on boot)
_ Same error message from dmesg :

 sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller Driverv1.26.
[4294713.529000] sonypi: detected type2 model, verbose = 0, fnkeyinit = off, camera = off, compat = off, mask = 0xffffffff, useinput = on, acpi = on
[4294713.529000] sonypi: enabled at irq=11, port1=0x1080, port2=0x1084
[4294713.529000] sonypi: device allocated minor is 60
[4296253.929000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call2 (line 659)
[4296253.972000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call2 (line 661)
[4296253.979000] sonypi: removed.
[4296269.776000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call1 (line 648)
[4296269.819000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call2 (line 659)
[4296269.862000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call2 (line 661)
[4296269.905000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call1 (line 648)
[4296269.905000] sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller Driverv1.26.
[4296269.905000] sonypi: detected type2 model, verbose = 0, fnkeyinit = off, camera = off, compat = off, mask = 0xffffffff, useinput = on, acpi = on
[4296269.905000] sonypi: enabled at irq=11, port1=0x1080, port2=0x1084
[4296269.906000] sonypi: device allocated minor is 60

Could some tell how to change brightness, even manually, to save my laptop battery ?