Oh, and for people having problems trying to get nvclock to install, you need the following: automake and xorg-server-dev, both are available in the repositories.
The nvclock command works on the Vaio FZ-31M with a 8400M GT. Thanks everyone, especially mikes! Am looking forward for the rest of the integration via Shawe's script :) ** 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, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B - 8400M GT on VGN FZ38M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, FZ21M, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M + 8400M GT on VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, FZ21M, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M 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. -- No Screen Backlight Control; Sony Vaio with nvidia 8 series graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
