Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On 21/2/2011, at 8:20pm, Mark Knecht wrote: ... You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, Ah, if that makes a difference is a Asus G73JW. Assuming I enable that kernel option is there a user space app that will allow my 83 year old gaming mom to turn the lights off and on? SENSORS_APPLESMC SENSORS_APPLE APPLE Mac No, I don't think so.
Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On Wednesday 23 February 2011 23:05:50 Stroller wrote: On 21/2/2011, at 8:20pm, Mark Knecht wrote: ... You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, Ah, if that makes a difference is a Asus G73JW. Assuming I enable that kernel option is there a user space app that will allow my 83 year old gaming mom to turn the lights off and on? SENSORS_APPLESMC SENSORS_APPLE APPLE Mac No, I don't think so. It seems my message didn't make it to the list, but once the Asus declaration was made by the OP, I suggested differently of course: === I see ... in that case you should try instead enabling: CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP I think that Fn+F3/F4 adjusts the keyboard backlight. Look at the help page in make menuconfig. HTH. === -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 23 February 2011 23:05:50 Stroller wrote: On 21/2/2011, at 8:20pm, Mark Knecht wrote: ... You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, Ah, if that makes a difference is a Asus G73JW. Assuming I enable that kernel option is there a user space app that will allow my 83 year old gaming mom to turn the lights off and on? SENSORS_APPLESMC SENSORS_APPLE APPLE Mac No, I don't think so. It seems my message didn't make it to the list, but once the Asus declaration was made by the OP, I suggested differently of course: === I see ... in that case you should try instead enabling: CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP I think that Fn+F3/F4 adjusts the keyboard backlight. Look at the help page in make menuconfig. HTH. === -- Regards, Mick Providing some feedback, enabling the ASUS_LAPTOP option at least enabled the lights and made a couple of the function key work, how it seems that most function keys so far do nothing that I can determine. The acpi4asus link provided by Paul is likely part of the solution also but the instructions make a point of writing your own config file and nowhere to be found yet are any examples of what to put in that file. (But I really haven't looked much either.) Anyway, the machine is working well enough to ship off to my mom so I think she'll be pretty happy with it. Wish I had one of these babies. Quite nice. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, if that makes a difference is a Asus G73JW. Assuming I enable that kernel option is there a user space app that will allow my 83 year old gaming mom to turn the lights off and on? I don't have an Asus but maybe these links will help: http://acpi4asus.sf.net/ https://launchpad.net/asus-keyboard-backlight
Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On Monday 21 February 2011 19:40:33 Mark Knecht wrote: Is there either a kernel config option or additionally some application that allows me to turn on and off the lights underneath this groovy new laptop's keyboard? They flash on when booting, and work in Windows, but I don't know how to control them in Linux. I haven't found any function key that does it in hardware so I assume it's possibly an ACPI type thing or something else? You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, but YMMV ... -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 21 February 2011 19:40:33 Mark Knecht wrote: Is there either a kernel config option or additionally some application that allows me to turn on and off the lights underneath this groovy new laptop's keyboard? They flash on when booting, and work in Windows, but I don't know how to control them in Linux. I haven't found any function key that does it in hardware so I assume it's possibly an ACPI type thing or something else? You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, but YMMV ... -- Regards, Mick Ah, if that makes a difference is a Asus G73JW. Assuming I enable that kernel option is there a user space app that will allow my 83 year old gaming mom to turn the lights off and on? Thanks, Mark Here's the lspci data: livecd ~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11) 00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11) 00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11) 00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11) 00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11) 00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce GTX 460M (rev a1) (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 04:00.0 USB Controller: Fresco Logic Device 1400 (rev 01) 05:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0) ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04) ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04) ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04) ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04) ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04) ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04) ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04) ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04) ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04) ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04) ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04) ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04) ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04) ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04) ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor
