** Description changed: Using Ubuntu on Sony Vaio laptop with Nvidia 8 vga card: There is no way to control backlight brightness on Sony 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/nvclock login ]$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/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: 8400M GS: VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B, SZ71E 8400M GT: VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, FZ21M, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E 8600M GS: VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z 8600M GT: VGN AR51SU, AR71S 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.
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