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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #397617
  2. Comment #92

Comment 92 for bug 397617

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In , Greg KH (greg-kroah) wrote :

(In reply to comment #82)
> The method this driver is using is no way Samsung specific, it's just the old
> legacy method. This is applicable to *all* intel chips (i830 and up). However,
> the driver should also program the native method (also i830 and up). See
> i830_lvds.c from xf86-video-intel.
>
> So the driver shouldn't actually be selective to subvendor ids. It's actually
> up to the X driver which of the backlight interfaces to use (ACPI preferred).
>

But this is the only way to control the Samsung laptops, as they do not provide
any other interface (like the "correct" ACPI one.)

If it also works on other machines, that's great, I'll take that as a case-by-case basis.