** Description changed: - Using Ubuntu on Sony Vaio laptop with Nvidia 8 vga card: - - There is no way to control backlight brightness on Sony Vaios with 8-series adapters, e.g. - nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS - nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1) - - The registers have been found (kudos to mikes!) and incorporated into - nvclock, which you can check out by anonymous cvs and install: - - ]$ sudo apt-get install cvs - ]$ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/nvclock login - ]$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/nvclock co -P nvclock - ]$ cd nvclock - ]$ ./autogen.sh - ]$ ./configure - ]$ make - ]$ sudo make install - - To test, make sure you are using nVidia's proprietary driver, then: - ]$ sudo nvclock -S 100 - ]$ sudo nvclock -S 15 - ]$ sudo nvclock -S +10 - - So far mikes' registers have been found to work on: - 8400M GS on VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B - 8400M GT on VGN FZ38M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, FZ21M, FZ470E - 8600M GS on VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z - 8600M GT on VGN AR51SU, AR71S - - Add your model to the list by clicking on the "Update description / - tags" link, NOT by asking in a bug comment for someone else to do it. - - To get hotkeys to work, follow the instructions in this comment: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/75 - - Dual-adapter models (SZ6 among others) can get backlight control with - the Intel adapter using xbacklight, and can get hotkey functionality as - per bug #173652. + It seems that it does not work on VGN-FZ190 + it has GF 8400M GT installed on it.
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