** Description changed: Sony Vaio VPCS132FX/B Ambient Light sensor does not work to dim backlit keyboard and display. Backlight for Keyboard stays on constantly with every key stroke and times out after a bit. Also Power Manager does not dim display when "On Battery" when the option is checked. This dramatically kills battery and makes the whole Intel IPM(Intelligent Power Management) patch useless.... There is a patch for the F Series posted on http://code.google.com/p/vaio-f11-linux/. This patch only works with a plain linux kernel meaning I would lose all the Ubuntu related patches to the plain linux kernel. I'm sure It wouldn't be hard - to apply this to a new kernel release + to apply this to a new kernel release. There has been support added for + Macbooks with the same type of ambient light sensor hardware, is it + possible that this can be streamlined to the Sony Vaio line? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 1 19:12:12 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - PATH=(custom, user) - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, user) + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804595 Title: Sony Vaio VPCS132FX/B Ambient Light sensor does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/804595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs