Fn keys Sony Vaio

[rwind]

When I get to "ls /proc/acpi/sony/" nothing shows up... everything else worked fine.

I downloaded the "fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz" from "http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4704&d=1135058274"

EDIT:

Ok, so I rebooted and I tried

ls /proc/acpi/sony/

and the three showed up

brightness  brightness_default  fnkey

Now I do

sudo cp fsfn.conf.txt /etc/fsfn.conf

and get the error:

cp: cannot stat `fsfn.conf.txt': No such file or directory

BUT I can use Fn + F5 and F6 to turn the brightness up and down. There isn't any graphical display for it though, is there a way to get it shown?

[Depressed Man]

"http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachment id=4704&d=1135058274"

The link doesn't work for me, I'm trying to grab the file myself.

[lordvanx]

I have been following this thread every since dapper/edgy, and is one of the most helpful thread I have visited.

Guess its time for me to contribute, if I can:

Alright, I got this to work for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
If the thread owner could test it out and add it to the top message.

The instructions below are almost identical to the parent message with all the instructions, however I will highlight the difference in bold.

And yes, this is my first post to Ubuntu Forums, so I don't know how to use the quotes that are usually used to wrap codes, but anyways,

Here goes:

Step 1:
sudo rmmod sony_acpi

Step 2:
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) gcc-3.4 libxosd-dev checkinstall


Step 3
wget http://download.berlios.de/fsfn/sony_acpi.tar.gz

Step 4
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.conf.txt

Step 5
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.txt

Step 6
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn_1.1-1_i386.deb

Step 7
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/...1-take2.tar.gz

Step 8
sudo dpkg -i fsfn_1.1-1_i386.deb

Step 9
tar xvzf sony_acpi.tar.gz

Step 10
cd sony_acpi

Step 11
make

Step 12
sudo cp sony_acpi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/acpi/

Step 13 (Depreciated but I still did it anyways, don't think this is necessary)
sudo mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/ubuntu/
sudo mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/ubuntu/acpi/
sudo cp sony_acpi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/ubuntu/acpi/

Step 14
cd ..

Step 15
sudo modprobe sony_acpi

Step 16
tar zxvf fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz

Step 16
cd fsfn-1.1

Step 17
./configure && make && sudo checkinstall

Step 18
cd ..

Step 19
sudo rmmod sony_acpi

Step 20
sudo modprobe sony_acpi

Step 21
ls /proc/acpi/sony/

Step 22
Check for this output from the last command
brightness brightness_default fnkey

if this shows, good, continue

Step 23
sudo cp fsfn.conf.txt /etc/fsfn.conf

Step 24
sudo fsfn

Alright done. Now test the FN-key and see if they work. I KNOW FOR SURE they work for me, Gutsy Gibbon.

Regards
Jerome

Hello:

I'm newbie, and I arriegue to use these steps to the FJ series, it no gave me result, only works brightness, and move one level, but I lose my control functions in gnome, the truth that I love, what they ask me to explain as to remove all these steps to stop my funtions of brightness as before, I very much appreciate the support given to me, in advance greetings and thank you very much! ! !

[zamurai]

Hi, I'm using fs25gp. When I ran the 1st command, it gave me this error.

sudo rmmod sony_acpi
ERROR: Module sony_acpi does not exist in /proc/modules

[Depressed Man]

That means you never installed the module to begin (that's fine, go to next step)

[derick]

Ok, gone through this on Gutsy. Sony_acpi module built and running. However, I only get the brightness and brightness_default files in /proc/acpi/sony, no fnkey.

Any clues as to why this would be?

[ygxu]

Help ~!!!

I have done all the thing, but there are only two file in "/proc/acpi/sony/"--(brightness brightness_default ) no "fnkey"

what is wrong with me?

thanks~!

by the way

It is necessory for me to mkdir "/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/ubuntu/acpi" and copy sony_acpi.ko there.
however this is not enough, brightness and brightness_default still cannot be seen, until restarting the laptop


my ubuntu version is "7.10 Gutsy Gibbon", and the linux core is 2.6.22-14-generic

[zamurai]

Step 3, The link is down. Can anyone fix it?

I also tried clicking as direct link, it doesn't work.

Thanx

[mjpoetic]

I have a copy...I really don't think you need it though.

I uploaded it to mediafire here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?8blfywowmd9

[JpBя]

Like zamurai said, it's actually the link for step 3 that isn't working, to get the sony_acpi module. Any thoughts? I want desperately to get this working! Thanks!!