sadyl it woun't work, here my full protocoll:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ find /usr -iname "hal-system-lcd-*et-brightness" /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-get-brightness /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-set-brightness [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mv /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-get-brightness /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-get-brightness.back [sudo] password for benste: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mv /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-set-brightness /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-set-brightness.back [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd Desktop/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo cp sony-backlight_0.alpha/usr/lib/hal/scripts/* /usr/lib/hal/scripts/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo cp sony-backlight_0.alpha/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/* /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I looked up the dir with nautilus and there are backups, and modified originally versions (I think they're yours) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ cd / [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ sudo gedit //usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-sony-laptop-panel-mgmt-policy.fdi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spelling mistake, but it worked rebooted afterwards even the keypresses which were recognized before aren't anymore using the panel applet for brightness slider it shows the red cross - not working --> resulted a apport bug tracking symbol which was away after a short time period. " sudo smartdimmer -s 5" works fine [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lshal | grep -i "sony-nvidia" laptop_panel.access_method = 'sony-nvidia' (string) So the files are wrongly installed or what? -- sony brighness on a geforce series older than 8 (nvclock works fine) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277589 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