Ended up here looking for a solution to "Fn+F5 and Fn+F6 don't modify brightness on Sony VAIO VPCCW (GT 230M)"[1]
Posting the card details below in case they're useful to anyone. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/551668 alex-mayorga@VPCCW1FFXL:~$ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 230M] (rev a2) alex-mayorga@VPCCW1FFXL:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS-1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm 1366x768 59.9*+ 1024x768 59.9 800x600 59.9 640x480 59.4 720x400 59.6 640x400 60.0 640x350 59.8 VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) alex-mayorga@VPCCW1FFXL:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Installed: 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 Candidate: 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 Version table: *** 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status alex-mayorga@VPCCW1FFXL:~$ uname -a Linux VPCCW1FFXL 3.2.0-21-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 30 04:25:35 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405387 Title: nouveau not supporting backlight To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/405387/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
