According to the README file of Smartdimmer the tool is obsolete. Quote: "The PCM register on the nVIDIA card was found using numerous register dumps in Cygwin under Windows and comparing the differing registers. The register is accessed using libbackend from nvclock and this setting will most likely be incorporated into nvclock in the near future, which will render this tool obsolete."
This is from the README file of smartdimmer 0.1, which is packaged for hardy and intrepid. Smartdimmer uses the same backend as NVClock. However the backend files included with smartdimmer are outdated. There is no code for NV50 (GeForce 8) graphics cards. As I see it, there are two possibilities: 1. Copy the backend code from NVCode to smartdimmer and integrate this to work with GeForce 8. Or 2. Integrate the smartdimmer functionality in NVClock (mostly already done) I think option 2 is the cleanest, it's also what the author of smartdimmer suggests in the README file. The existing scripts and programs could move to NVClock. Or someone could write a wrapper script around NVClock, providing a smartdimmer like interface. -- Add support for nVidia 8 series backlight control to smartdimmer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286978 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
