From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:38:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:38:37 -0500 Received: from adsl-216-102-91-127.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([216.102.91.127]:49397 "EHLO champ.drew.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:38:31 -0500 From: Drew Bertola MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14962.6274.780427.637829@champ.drew.net> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 00:38:26 +0000 () To: Thunder from the hill Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: [OT] Vaio Brightness [WAS: Probably Off-topic Question...] In-Reply-To: <3A707239.9F88FB7B@ngforever.de> In-Reply-To: <3A6F0D6B.34EB2CB0@coppice.org> <20010124123001.52317@winksmith.com> <3A707239.9F88FB7B@ngforever.de> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 19.34.1 Reply-To: drew@drewb.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ok, I stuffed Tridge's inb / outb program into a little gnome window. Just seems easier to have a spinbox to adjust brightness. Shits and giggles. You can find it at: http://drew.serialhacker.net/vaio_control.tar.gz You either have to run it as root or throw the executable into /usr/local/bin and set the sticky bit. Drew Thunder from the hill writes: > Mark Smith wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:14:19AM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: > > > > This is probably a user-land and/or undocumented thing, but I am not > > > > certain where to get the correct info. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to get the screen brightness control to work on a > > > > Sony Vaio N505VE? There seems to be some sort of proprietary hook to get > > > > it to work that requires their install of Windows. (This is a problem as > > > > it was removed immediatly after purchacing the laptop.) > > > > > > All the newer Vaios seem to have this problem. They rely on support from > > > Windows to control the brightness, instead of doing it through the BIOS, > > > like older machines. I don't know a solution. More annoyingly, they > > > won't hibernate, as they rely on Windows Me or 2000 doing it for them. > > > The APM hibernate in the BIOS seems to have gone. I have a Z505GAT, > > > which I think is the Asian version of the model sold in the US as the > > > Z505LE. I guess this will become the norm now none of the current > > > versions of Windows require any hibernation support from the BIOS. The > > > hibernate to swap patch for Linux really needs to get into the > > > mainstream, and be more thoroughly exercised. > > > > if anyone finds a way of dimming the brightness make sure you post! > > besides killing the battery, it also makes it hard to use in dark > > places such as night flights. i feel as if i'm lighting up the > > cabin in these cases. > > > > my vaio F-series used to sleep correctly under RH6.1. it now hangs > > forever making the sleep mode much less useful. > Maybe it has some problems with the way you send it to sleep. It could > have changed through the times... > > Cheers! > Thunder > --- > I did a "cat /boot/vmlinuz >> /dev/audio" - and I think I heard god... > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Drew Bertola | Send a text message to my pager or cell ... | http://jpager.com/Drew - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/