On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Victor Engmark [2011-10-17 20:55 +0200]: >> > 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? > > No need for a package, that module just comes with the standard > kernel. It should autoload as it seems to have proper modaliases > (dmi*:svn*SAMSUNG...). Doesn't it appear in "lsmod | grep samsung"? Nope, nothing there. For reference, I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit (and was running 11.04 a week ago, with the same problem). $ uname -a Linux lup0 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Cheers, -- Victor Engmark -- 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
