Here is a package to install the new method "sony-smartdimmer" in hal and hal-info. It will allows the sony vaio user who can use smartdimmer to change their brightness, to change their brightness though the gnome-applet, and also have a functionnal FN-keys.
NB: only a few model will have the FN-keys working, there are 5 models at the moment : VGN-S5M_S, VGN-FE31M, VGN-FE21M, VGN-C2Z_B, VGN-FE48E ** Attachment added: "sony-smartdimmer.deb" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18656687/sony-smartdimmer.deb -- LCD brightness setting doesn't work with Sony Vaio VGN-S5M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77739 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