Schmirrwurst, try "xev" or "acpi_listen" in a terminal to look whether keys are working for you.
@ Steven: ben...@vaio-fe31m:~$ apt-cache show smartdimmer Package: smartdimmer Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 132 Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <[email protected]> Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers <[email protected]> Architecture: i386 Source: nvclock Version: 0.8b4-1ubuntu2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxext6 Filename: pool/main/n/nvclock/smartdimmer_0.8b4-1ubuntu2_i386.deb Size: 36688 MD5sum: e81b1b34f4475754ca62010d4e6478af SHA1: 624dcf6a110d599782be88fbb16350df96795aa2 SHA256: 7bd0dfedc32251551fe763540560203474e81153233c16a99ac292bc6cf6210c Description: Change LCD brightness on Geforce cards Nvidia Geforce 6200Go, Geforce 8, Geforce 9, and other cards contain hardware LCD brightness control. Smartdimmer allows this to be controlled through software. Bugs: mailto:[email protected] Origin: Ubuntu Task: ubuntu-desktop, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, mobile-live, mobile-mid, mobile-netbook-remix, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend ++ ben...@vaio-fe31m:~$ hal-find-by-property --key info.category --string laptop_panel | xargs lshal -u udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' info.addons = {'hald-addon-generic-backlight'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'laptop_panel'} (string list) info.category = 'laptop_panel' (string) info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel'} (string list) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) info.product = 'Generic Backlight Device' (string) info.subsystem = 'backlight' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' (string) laptop_panel.access_method = 'sony-nvidia' (string) laptop_panel.num_levels = 86 (0x56) (int) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'backlight' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/virtual/backlight/sony' (string) -- sony brighness on a geforce series older than 8 (nvclock works fine) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277589 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
