Re: Samsung 90X3A Fn Keys

[Victor Engmark <victor.engmark@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Victor Engmark
<victor.engmark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Victor Engmark [2011-10-17 20:55 +0200]:
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> Is there an Ubuntu package for this?
>>
>> No need for a package, that module just comes with the standard
>> kernel. It should autoload as it seems to have proper modaliases
>> (dmi*:svn*SAMSUNG...). Doesn't it appear in "lsmod | grep samsung"?
>
> Nope, nothing there. For reference, I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit
> (and was running 11.04 a week ago, with the same problem).
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux lup0 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC
> 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Correction: Running Ubuntu 11.04 still (won't upgrade to the POS that
11.10 is after trying it on the desktop).

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Victor Engmark
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