On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:41:17AM +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Victor Engmark > <victor.engmark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > Correction: Running Ubuntu 11.04 still (won't upgrade to the POS that > 11.10 is after trying it on the desktop). Then there's no way your brightness will work, unless your laptop happens to use ACPI for brightness. 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
