On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:03:58 +0000, Eric S Fraga <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently acquired a Samsung N220 laptop (Intel Atom N450 chip, 10"
[...] > which I cannot seem to control in any way: I cannot adjust the > brightness of the display. The display is stuck at a fairly low level > of brightness, suitable only for use in a dark room. For the records/archive, I have found the solution myself after a bit more googling about. The Samsung N150 would appear to be quite similar to the N220 and this page [1] provides a very comprehensive set of instructions on configuring the N150. Brightness control can be achieved through 'setpci', specifically setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=xx where xx is a hexadecimal value between 00 (off) and ff (very bright). 00:02.0 is the PCI address for the VGA controller, not the display controller. The web page [1] provides a script which makes using this easier and shows how to link the script to the function keys. I haven't tried this yet; I'm just happy I could up the brightness enough to read the screen comfortably!! Thanks, eric [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samsung_N150 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eijgwvvv.wl%[email protected]
