On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 08:55:32PM +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > n Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 03:10:45PM +1100, Ian Coleman wrote: > >> I am trying to get the Fn+F7 and Fn+F8 keys working on my Samsung > >> laptop, model 90X3A. These map to 'keyboard illumination down' and > >> 'keyboard illumination up', which sets the brightness of the LEDs > >> behind the keyboard. > >> > >> I have started a thread here > >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751914 about this issue > >> > >> I have managed to get the scan code (0x96 and 0x97) to respond with > >> the correct key code (kbdillumup and kbdillumdown) when I run > >> /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event4 > >> > >> However the keyboard backlight level still does not change when these > >> buttons are pressed. > > > > Are you using the proper kernel driver for this laptop (samsung-laptop) > > that provides the ability to change the backlight levels? > > > > If not, the keys themselves are not going to do anything on their own, > > sorry. > > Is there an Ubuntu package for this? It should be in your kernel already, if not, go bug the Ubuntu developers to enable the configuration option. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
