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Thread: Sony VAIO VPCS136FG Brightness Problem

  1. #1
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    Sony VAIO VPCS136FG Brightness Problem

    I have a sony vaio vpcs136fg laptop. what ever i've done, i was not able to change my laptop brightness. even setpci do not change the laptop brightness. the graphic card is NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 310M] (rev a2) and it's pci configuration space dump is listed below:

    Notes:
    1. the brightness is locked @ maximum.
    2. changing /sys/class/acpi_video0/brightness does not affect the brightness
    3. using xbacklight does not change the brightness
    4. passing kernel parameters does not change brightness

    Probable problem:
    Lately before I install Linux, I was using windows 7 with sony care center application on it. sony care center has an option called Auto Brightness. as long as that option was turned on, windows could not change the brightness and everything controlled under that option. When I installed linux, that option was enabled in windows. It might cause of the mess here. I don't want to change the OS to try if it is the problem or not (cause I repartitioned my hard drive and I really don't want to see that Microsoft Logo again)

    Note:
    I tried vaio forums but there was no answer.
    I tried GeForce forum, but there was no answer.

    Code:
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    thanx in advance
    XinOxaR

  2. #2
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    Re: Sony VAIO VPCS136FG Brightness Problem

    Hello and welcome to the forums.

    Some questions, comments and suggestions:

    1. Are you using the opensource nouveau driver or the proprietary nvidia driver?
    Code:
    lspci -k | grep -A3 VGA
    2. How many backlight interfaces do you have? Is it just acpi_video0 or are there other directories at the /sys/class/backlight level?
    Code:
    for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/actual_brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
    3. Which kernel parameters have you tried? And how has each parameter changed the number and type of backlight interfaces available? And are you able to manually echo values into the brightness file of each backlight interface and affect screen brightness?

    4. Have you tried the acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\" kernel parameter? The relevant lines in /etc/default/grub should look like this:
    Code:
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet rw"
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\""
    5. Have you tried the "EnableBrightnessControl=1" xorg setting? This settings seems to help some nvidia cards.

    6. Which modules are running (that may be interfering with brightness):
    Code:
    lsmod
    7. Have you had a look at the nvidiabl module? Looks like the VPCS1* is supported.

    Sorry for the laundry list. Let me know if you need more information about any of the points.

  3. #3
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    Re: Sony VAIO VPCS136FG Brightness Problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    Hello and welcome to the forums.
    Thank you



    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    1. Are you using the opensource nouveau driver or the proprietary nvidia driver?
    Code:
    lspci -k | grep -A3 VGA
    I'm using nvidia proprietary driver

    Code:
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218M [GeForce 310M] (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 9069
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    2. How many backlight interfaces do you have? Is it just acpi_video0 or are there other directories at the /sys/class/backlight level?
    I guess it's just one interface

    Code:
    #for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/actual_brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
    
    /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
    7
    7
    8

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    3. Which kernel parameters have you tried? And how has each parameter changed the number and type of backlight interfaces available? And are you able to manually echo values into the brightness file of each backlight interface and affect screen brightness?
    I have tried:

    1. acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
    Result: the gnome back-light indicator won't appear at all

    2. acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=legacy
    Result: nothing changes


    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    4. Have you tried the acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\" kernel parameter? The relevant lines in /etc/default/grub should look like this:
    Code:
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet rw"
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\""
    No, I did not tried that one. My boot loader is syslinux. I will try it as soon as "badblocks" finished checking my external H.D.D


    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    5. Have you tried the "EnableBrightnessControl=1" xorg setting? This settings seems to help some nvidia cards.
    Yes, not work. Currently I'm saving my eyes with Nvidia setting which changes the gamma to simulate the brightness control.

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    6. Which modules are running (that may be interfering with brightness):
    Code:
    lsmod
    Code:
    tun                    19624  2 
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    sony_laptop            39919  0 
    psmouse                85356  0 
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    snd_page_alloc          7234  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
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    thermal                 8620  0 
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    intel_gtt              12664  1 intel_agp
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    mperf                   1267  1 acpi_cpufreq
    mei_me                  9296  0 
    mei                    61875  1 mei_me
    processor              24917  1 acpi_cpufreq
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    mbcache                 5866  1 ext4
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    cdrom                  34848  1 sr_mod
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    usbcore               178049  6 btusb,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    7. Have you had a look at the nvidiabl module? Looks like the VPCS1* is supported.
    No, I will try it as soon as my H.D.D recovery got finished.

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    Sorry for the laundry list. Let me know if you need more information about any of the points.
    It would be great if you can help me solve this problem.
    Last edited by XinOxaR; October 2nd, 2013 at 11:51 PM.

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    Thumbs up Re: Sony VAIO VPCS136FG Brightness Problem

    I tried acpi_osi="!windows 2012"
    Result: brightness not works

    Nvidiabl works!!! Finally.
    @Toz: You have saved my eyes. thank you.

    Regards,
    XinOxaR
    Last edited by XinOxaR; October 3rd, 2013 at 08:13 AM. Reason: misunderstanding

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