Re: Samsung 90X3A Fn Keys

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:41:17AM +0200, Victor Engmark wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Victor Engmark
> <victor.engmark@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> Victor Engmark [2011-10-17 20:55 +0200]:
> >>> > Are you using the proper kernel driver for this laptop (samsung-laptop)
> >>> > that provides the ability to change the backlight levels?
> >>> >
> >>> > If not, the keys themselves are not going to do anything on their own,
> >>> > sorry.
> >>>
> >>> Is there an Ubuntu package for this?
> >>
> >> No need for a package, that module just comes with the standard
> >> kernel. It should autoload as it seems to have proper modaliases
> >> (dmi*:svn*SAMSUNG...). Doesn't it appear in "lsmod | grep samsung"?
> >
> > Nope, nothing there. For reference, I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit
> > (and was running 11.04 a week ago, with the same problem).
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux lup0 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC
> > 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> Correction: Running Ubuntu 11.04 still (won't upgrade to the POS that
> 11.10 is after trying it on the desktop).

Then there's no way your brightness will work, unless your laptop
happens to use ACPI for brightness.

greg k-h