Comment 177 for bug 95444

Geforce8/9/quadro cards are the same. Further the thing you just
showed is a basic pci id check. For that again a list of capable cards
is needed. For the record there are dozens of different mobile
geforce8/9/quadro cards.

Roderick

Quoting Shawe Ewahs <email address hidden>:

> Yes, any information from hal-device can be the solution for detect the
> products affects. This is mine:
>
> $ hal-find-by-property --key info.linux.driver --string 'nvidia'
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426
> shawe@Vaio:~$ hal-device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426
> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426'
> pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int)
> info.linux.driver = 'nvidia' (string)
> pci.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation' (string)
> linux.sysfs_path =
> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0' (string)
> info.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation' (string)
> info.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
> info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a01' (string)
> pci.product = 'G86M [GeForce 8400M GT]' (string)
> info.product = 'G86M [GeForce 8400M GT]' (string)
> pci.linux.sysfs_path =
> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0' (string)
> pci.subsys_vendor = 'Sony Corporation' (string)
> info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426' (string)
> pci.product_id = 1062 (0x426) (int)
> linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
> pci.vendor_id = 4318 (0x10de) (int)
> linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
> pci.subsys_product_id = 36869 (0x9005) (int)
> pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4173 (0x104d) (int)
> pci.device_class = 3 (0x3) (int)
> pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int)
>
> Yes, maybe is posible collecting this information, I don't know how hal
> works, for this reason I only propose ideas.
>
> I say to you if nvidia8, nvidia9 and quadro are different, because I
> don't know if nvidia8 works for the three. If you say that yes, no
> problem.
>
> --
> No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq,
> Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series
> graphics
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid
> Status in “hal” source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “hotkey-setup” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-177” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Using Ubuntu on laptops with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro vga card:
>
> On various laptops from Sony, HP, Samsung and others there is no way
> to control backlight brightness. In case of Sony e.g. on Vaios with
> 8-series adapters, e.g.
> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS
> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)
>
> The registers have been found (kudos to mikes!) and incorporated into
> nvclock, which you can check out by anonymous cvs and install:
>
> ]$ sudo apt-get install cvs
> ]$ cvs
> -d:pserver:<email address hidden>:/cvsroot/nvclock
> login
> ]$ cvs -z3
> -d:pserver:<email address hidden>:/cvsroot/nvclock co
> -P nvclock
> ]$ cd nvclock
> ]$ ./autogen.sh
> ]$ ./configure
> ]$ make
> ]$ sudo make install
>
> To test, make sure you are using nVidia's proprietary driver, then:
> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 100
> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 15
> ]$ sudo nvclock -S +10
>
> So far mikes' registers have been found to work on:
>
> Apple laptops
> {
> Macbook 5,1 Aluminum 13.3" (Geforce 9400M)
> }
>
> HP/Compaq laptops
> {
> 8510W (Quadro FX 570M, MXM)
> 8710P (Quadro NVS 320M, MXM)
> }
>
> Samsung laptops:
> {
> Q210 (Geforce 9200M)
> Q310 (Geforce 9200M)
> R510 (Geforce 9200M)
> }
>
> Sony laptops:
> {
> 8400M GS:
> VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B, SZ71E
>
> 8400M GT:
> VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E,
> FZ21M, FZ21S, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E, FZ18E, FZ260E
> NR21Z, NR38S, NR21S
>
> 8600M GS:
> VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z, FZ31S
>
> 8600M GT:
> VGN AR51SU, AR71S
> }
>
> Zepto laptops
> {
> Geforce 9600GT based laptops using MXM cards
> }
>
> Add your model to the list by clicking on the "Update description /
> tags" link, NOT by asking in a bug comment for someone else to do it.
>
> To get hotkeys to work, follow the instructions in this comment:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/75
> or install the package at :
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/111
>
> Dual-adapter models (SZ6 among others) can get backlight control
> with the Intel adapter using xbacklight, and can get hotkey
> functionality as per bug #173652.
>