From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:59:01 +0000 Subject: Re: Samsung 90X3A Fn Keys Message-Id: <20111017185901.GA17347@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 08:55:32PM +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > n Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > 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. > >> > >> I have started a thread here > >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751914=A0about this issue > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> 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. >=20 > Is there an Ubuntu package for this? It should be in your kernel already, if not, go bug the Ubuntu developers to enable the configuration option. greg k-h