Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
output of cat /proc/cmdline
Code:
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=706abb01-8cff-48d5-86d6-4812dc2e86ad ro acpi_osi= quiet splash vt.handoff=7
output of sudo lspci -vnn | grep -A12 VGA
Code:
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:90aa]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f7e20000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at f7e00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
Kernel driver in use: radeon
output of pastebinit /var/log/dmesg
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5644257/
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
Is brightness still not working with "acpi_osi=" ?
With this parameter in effect, do you have any other interface than acpi_vidoe0 in /sys/class/backlight? If so, have you tried to manually echo values there?
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Toz
Is brightness still not working with "acpi_osi=" ?
With this parameter in effect, do you have any other interface than acpi_vidoe0 in /sys/class/backlight? If so, have you tried to manually echo values there?
I am extremely sorry not to add that. Yeah brightness still at maximum and it is not changing with "acpi_osi=" parameter.
No i don't have any other interface other than acpi_video0.
How to manually echo values their??
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
Can you try each of the following kernel parameters, one at a time, and check:
- the number of backlight interfaces in /sys/class/backlight
- whether echoing any value in the brightness file for any of the interfaces affects brightness
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"
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Can you also try the following methods to see if either changes the brightness:
Code:
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=7f
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=ff
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=00
...and...
Code:
xrandr --output <outputname> --brightness 0.8
...where <outputname> can be retrieved via:
Code:
xrandr | grep " connected"
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Toz
Can you try each of the following kernel parameters, one at a time, and check:
- the number of backlight interfaces in /sys/class/backlight
- whether echoing any value in the brightness file for any of the interfaces affects brightness
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
No change and 1 interface(acpi_video0)
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"
No change and even the brightness slider disappear and no interface.(no folder in /sys/class/backlight)
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"
No change and 1 interface(acpi_video0)
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"
No change and even the brightness slider disappear and no interface.(no folder in /sys/class/backlight)
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Can you also try the following methods to see if either changes the brightness:
Code:
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=7f
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=ff
sudo setpci -s 01:00.0 F4.B=00
None of these worked.
...and...
Code:
xrandr --output <outputname> --brightness 0.8
...where <outputname> can be retrieved via:
Code:
xrandr | grep " connected"
It worked. The control is not fine but kind of ok. 0.7 is fine for me.
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
I honestly think the answer lies in getting the proprietary ATI drivers installed. It might be worth creating a new thread and having someone with ATI experience assist with getting them installed.
If you choose to use the opensource radeon drivers, you will probably need to create a bug report for this.
Re: Brightness not working on Sony [SVE14127CNW]
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Toz
I honestly think the answer lies in getting the proprietary ATI drivers installed. It might be worth creating a new thread and having someone with ATI experience assist with getting them installed.
If you choose to use the opensource radeon drivers, you will probably need to create a bug report for this.
i have already tried using both the proprietary ATI drivers present under other softwares even downloaded it and tried to set up but everything failed. BTW it support is not only broken in ubuntu, but fedora 18 is also shows no display.
Thanks a lot for your help. I couldn't have got a fix without your help.
