From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:00:43 +0000 Subject: Re: Samsung 90X3A Fn Keys Message-Id: <20111017180043.GA13388@kroah.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 03:10:45PM +1100, Ian Coleman wrote: > I am trying to get the Fn+F7 and Fn+F8 keys working on my Samsung > laptop, model 90X3A. These map to 'keyboard illumination down' and > 'keyboard illumination up', which sets the brightness of the LEDs > behind the keyboard. >=20 > I have started a thread here > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751914=A0about this issue >=20 > I have managed to get the scan code=A0(0x96 and 0x97) to respond with > the correct key code (kbdillumup and kbdillumdown) when I run > /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event4 >=20 > However the keyboard backlight level still does not change when these > buttons are pressed. 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. greg k-h