[ltp] T61 brightness/volume

Sin Tzu linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:15:43 +0200


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Well i use a T61 14" XGA (nonwide)
Ubuntu kernel 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux

And here's my lsmod output:
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.ko
alias:          ibm_acpi
license:        GPL
version:        0.14
description:    ThinkPad ACPI Extras
author:         Borislav Deianov, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
srcversion:     6E369BA0B98F60073408053
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586
parm:           experimental:int
parm:           debug:uint
parm:           force_load:int
parm:           fan_control:int


On Jan 25, 2008 3:13 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:57:00PM +0000, Sin Tzu wrote:
> > Yeah i'm running linux mint (variant of ubuntu 7.10, though no kernel
> > changes) and brightness works out of the box,
>
> I'd be happy to know how. (maybe and old kernel and old thinkpad-acpi wich
> forces old way to do things, I don't know). Wich thinkpad-acpi and kernel
> do
> you have?
> >
> > Unfortunately i don't know C so i can't really help on that, but i did
> > notice Henrique stating a few times that if you can use that module to
> > control brightness, to go for it.
>
> With or without video.c, it doesn't work. (well brightness do works via
> xbacklight, but you have to manually bind keys when needed, fn+home/end
> don't
> work out of the box).
> --
> Yves-Alexis
> --
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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Well i use a T61 14&quot; XGA (nonwide)<br>Ubuntu kernel 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux<br><br>And here&#39;s my lsmod output:<br>filename:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.ko<br>
alias:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ibm_acpi<br>license:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPL<br>version:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.14<br>description:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ThinkPad ACPI Extras<br>author:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Borislav Deianov, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh<br>srcversion:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6E369BA0B98F60073408053<br>
depends:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>vermagic:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 <br>parm:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; experimental:int<br>parm:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; debug:uint<br>parm:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; force_load:int<br>parm:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fan_control:int<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Jan 25, 2008 3:13 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez &lt;<a href="mailto:corsac@debian.org">corsac@debian.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:57:00PM +0000, Sin Tzu wrote:<br>&gt; Yeah i&#39;m running linux mint (variant of ubuntu 7.10, though no kernel<br>&gt; changes) and brightness works out of the box,<br><br></div>
I&#39;d be happy to know how. (maybe and old kernel and old thinkpad-acpi wich<br>forces old way to do things, I don&#39;t know). Wich thinkpad-acpi and kernel do<br>you have?<br><div class="Ih2E3d">&gt;<br>&gt; Unfortunately i don&#39;t know C so i can&#39;t really help on that, but i did<br>
&gt; notice Henrique stating a few times that if you can use that module to<br>&gt; control brightness, to go for it.<br><br></div>With or without video.c, it doesn&#39;t work. (well brightness do works via<br>xbacklight, but you have to manually bind keys when needed, fn+home/end don&#39;t<br>
work out of the box).<br><font color="#888888">--<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Yves-Alexis<br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad" target="_blank">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br>
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