Re: Samsung 90X3A Fn Keys

[Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 03:10:45PM +1100, Ian Coleman wrote:
> I am trying to get the Fn+F7 and Fn+F8 keys working on my Samsung
> laptop, model 90X3A. These map to 'keyboard illumination down' and
> 'keyboard illumination up', which sets the brightness of the LEDs
> behind the keyboard.
> 
> I have started a thread here
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751914 about this issue
> 
> I have managed to get the scan code (0x96 and 0x97) to respond with
> the correct key code (kbdillumup and kbdillumdown) when I run
> /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event4
> 
> However the keyboard backlight level still does not change when these
> buttons are pressed.

Are you using the proper kernel driver for this laptop (samsung-laptop)
that provides the ability to change the backlight levels?

If not, the keys themselves are not going to do anything on their own,
sorry.

greg k-h
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