On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:47:09AM +0300, Ali Polatel wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:43:24 +0700, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Ali... > > > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 23:09, Ali Polatel <alip@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well xbacklight doesn't work at all on this box: > > > $> xbacklight > > > No outputs have backlight property > > > > Great :( > > > > Well, perhaps the first thing you need to do is see the complete > > output of "lshw" and then discuss it with people like Greg Kroah > > Hartman. Fortunately, he's in kernelnewbies too :) > > Adding Greg to CC. > Greg, can you help me add support for this laptop? at least pointers > about where to start will help greatly. What laptop are you referring to here? And unless you have the specs from the manufacturer, or can do a lot of reverse engineering of the hardware using kvm or vmware, you are going to have a hard time writing a new driver for it. good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
