Re: Squeeze. nVidia video. How to change brightness with functional (Fn) keys?
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Mike Viau <viaum@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:49:47 +0400 <mark.goldshtein@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, list!
>>
>> Lenovo Y450-3M laptop with:
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce
>> GT 240M] (rev a2)
>> Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38fd
>> Kernel driver in use: nvidia
>>
>> Would you, please, to explain how to configure a system or edit
>> configuration files in order to bring laptop brightness funktional
>> keys (Fn+key) to thier normal work? It is impossible to adjust
>> brightness pressing Fn+UpArrow and Fn+DownArrow keys. The symbol of
>> brightness is displaying well, but no adjust actually happen.
>>
>> Googling left me unsure about what I have to do to correct this issue.
>> There are mostly comments from Ubuntu users. I know Ubuntu is Debian
>> based but need to be understanding what I am doing with my system. If
>> you have a little time, please, help.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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> On my Lenovo laptop with NVIDIA video, I find Fn+home and Fn+End work to control the LCD brightness on a stock installation of Squeeze so maybe you could give that a try?
Thanks, but no effect with these keys at all.
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> I am running the GNOME DE. To save power while on battery, you may wish to install the laptop-mode-tools package as well.
As I may see, power saving features are working already. Laptop mode
tools are not installed. Probably, there is something which controls
these functions already? I mean, CPU governor, what to do if lid is
closing, display dimmer, suspend, hibernate and so on.
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Sincerely Yours'
Mark Goldshtein
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