It turned out that Ubuntu's HAL has that patch already. I found this one too: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2007-February/007203.html
Which I applied to HAL to no avail :( -- cannot change screen brightness on Sony VAIO VGN-FS285M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
