Geforce8/9/quadro cards are the same. Further the thing you just showed is a basic pci id check. For that again a list of capable cards is needed. For the record there are dozens of different mobile geforce8/9/quadro cards.
Roderick Quoting Shawe Ewahs <shawe.ew...@gmail.com>: > Yes, any information from hal-device can be the solution for detect the > products affects. This is mine: > > $ hal-find-by-property --key info.linux.driver --string 'nvidia' > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426 > sh...@vaio:~$ hal-device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426 > udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426' > pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int) > info.linux.driver = 'nvidia' (string) > pci.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation' (string) > linux.sysfs_path = > '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0' (string) > info.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation' (string) > info.subsystem = 'pci' (string) > info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a01' (string) > pci.product = 'G86M [GeForce 8400M GT]' (string) > info.product = 'G86M [GeForce 8400M GT]' (string) > pci.linux.sysfs_path = > '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0' (string) > pci.subsys_vendor = 'Sony Corporation' (string) > info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_426' (string) > pci.product_id = 1062 (0x426) (int) > linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) > pci.vendor_id = 4318 (0x10de) (int) > linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string) > pci.subsys_product_id = 36869 (0x9005) (int) > pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4173 (0x104d) (int) > pci.device_class = 3 (0x3) (int) > pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int) > > Yes, maybe is posible collecting this information, I don't know how hal > works, for this reason I only propose ideas. > > I say to you if nvidia8, nvidia9 and quadro are different, because I > don't know if nvidia8 works for the three. If you say that yes, no > problem. > > -- > No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, > Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series > graphics > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid > Status in “hal” source package in Ubuntu: New > Status in “hotkey-setup” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-177” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > > Bug description: > Using Ubuntu on laptops with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro vga card: > > On various laptops from Sony, HP, Samsung and others there is no way > to control backlight brightness. In case of Sony e.g. on 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:anonym...@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock > login > ]$ cvs -z3 > -d:pserver:anonym...@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/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: > > Apple laptops > { > Macbook 5,1 Aluminum 13.3" (Geforce 9400M) > } > > HP/Compaq laptops > { > 8510W (Quadro FX 570M, MXM) > 8710P (Quadro NVS 320M, MXM) > } > > Samsung laptops: > { > Q210 (Geforce 9200M) > Q310 (Geforce 9200M) > R510 (Geforce 9200M) > } > > Sony laptops: > { > 8400M GS: > VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B, SZ71E > > 8400M GT: > VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, > FZ21M, FZ21S, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E, FZ18E, FZ260E > NR21Z, NR38S, NR21S > > 8600M GS: > VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z, FZ31S > > 8600M GT: > VGN AR51SU, AR71S > } > > Zepto laptops > { > Geforce 9600GT based laptops using MXM cards > } > > 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 > or install the package at : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/111 > > 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; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro 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
