I'm sure your script is good, nvclock works perfectly but my Fn5 and Fn6
couldn't be detected, is there any test reading directly from keyboard
driver to see if keys are detected?


2009/2/15 Shawe Ewahs <email address hidden>

> Icapa, if works manually, works with this scripts adding your model in
> the file that I say you. Not work perfectly, but works.
>
> --
> 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
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid
> Status in "hal" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "hotkey-setup" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "nvclock" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "nvidia-graphics-drivers-180" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> 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 SZ95S
>
> 8400M GT:
> VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, FZ21M,
> FZ21S, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E, FZ18E, FZ260E NR21Z, NR38S,
> NR21S,FZ280E
>
> 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.
>