[tlinux-users:07863] Re: LCD Brightness not working

Jaime wrote:
> Hi all,
> the Fn keys does not change the brightness, they generate keycodes,
> (the only one that doesn't do this is the Fn+F5 key).
> The module toshiba_acpi doesn't work in my Satellite A100 nor any
> download software in the toshiba's web.
> I'm using also Ubuntu Dapper 6.06, but that is not the problem, the
> problem is the lack of support in the kernel, maybe due to lack of
> documentation.
> 
> People from toshiba sent me an email saying the specifications they
> send are up to date.. but I'm not sure of that. In that specifications
> appear ACPI methods that my laptop doesn't have. Maybe I'm asking for
> wrong documents but are the ones that are available in the web. Also I
> noticed the Satellite A100 does not appear in the HW/Spec section, so
> I think documents for this model aren't yet available.
> 
> I wonder we had a specification that tell us what to do to change
> brightness for new models (_BCM method of ACPI does not work, maybe
> the windows driver doesn't use ACPI for changing brightness?  :? )
> 
> Could anyone send me the /proc/acpi/dsdt file for comparing with mine
> please? (Someone that can set properly the brightness)
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Jaime
> 
Dumb question - when you boot the system, does the system say it has
a Phoenix or Toshiba BIOS? It sounds like you have a Phoenix BIOS.
The toshiba_acpi module does not work with the Phoenix BIOS, and the
DSDT from a machine with the Toshiba BIOS will not help with that
machine.

Mikkel
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