Fn keys Sony Vaio

**Zhukov** · November 30th, 2006

From Thewall83

Zhukov: you should edit your first post and specify that it works only on the FJ series of Sony VAIO's laptop.
On the FE under Feisty it doesn't work.

So, you're warned

Gutsy instructions as well!! Read the post!

Nice!

Feisty instructions!

Code:

sudo rmmod sony_acpi

Code:

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

Code:

wget http://download.berlios.de/fsfn/sony_acpi.tar.gz
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.conf.txt
wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.txt

Forgot this deb... tsc tsc

Code:

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

Code:

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

Code:

tar xvzf sony_acpi.tar.gz
cd sony_acpi
make

Code:

sudo cp sony_acpi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/acpi/

Code:

sudo modprobe sony_acpi

Code:

sudo modprobe sony_acpi

Sexy!

Kudos mainly to Schwieb and also to UbuntuFS for the sony_acpi link (new version I believe).

So now just continue from where you left with the old tutorial

(marked with bold).

Ok, so this is what I did to get the FN keys to work on my Vaio:

First let's install some packages:

Code:

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

Then:

Code:

wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz
	wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.conf.txt
	wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.txt

Extract and compile:

Code:

tar zxvf fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz
	cd fsfn-1.1
	./configure && make && sudo checkinstall

Don't forget to get back to the initial directory:

Code:

cd ..

Then, just to be sure all modules are loaded:

Code:

sudo rmmod sony_acpi
	sudo modprobe sony_acpi
	ls /proc/acpi/sony/

And check for:

Code:

brightness brightness_default fnkey

Feisty users continue here!

Then let's copy the configuration file:

Code:

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

Then edit it as desired:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/fsfn.conf

For example, I reduce the size of the fonts and use Headphone as the ALSA device.

If you need to activate the FJS hack add this to the beggining of the file:

Code:

BRT_SETDEFAULT=1
	BRT_HACK_FJS=1

Now let's test it!

Code:

sudo fsfn

And:

Code:

fsfn -o

Now try the keys. If everything is ok let's just add it to the boot process:

Code:

sudo chown root:root fsfn.txt && sudo chmod +x fsfn.txt && sudo mv fsfn.txt /etc/init.d/fsfn

And:

Code:

sudo update-rc.d fsfn defaults

!!! UPDATE FOR FRESH GUTSY INSTALLS

!!! This comes from our friend mjpoetic

Kudos man!

You saved my day!

UPDATE:
I have been messing around with this and I managed to install it now. First I unloaded the other sony modules before installing things (i.e., sonypi and sony_laptop). Then when you are compiling the sony_acpi.ko file use:

Code:

Code:

make && sudo make install

Copy the sony_acpi.ko to it's appropriate place:

Code:

Code:

sudo cp sony_acpi.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/acpi/

Ill try to clean this post up soon

And that's it! Hope it works for you!

This is basically a summary of this I have NO CREDIT AT ALL!: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=88611

Kudos to the developers and original thread creators!

**bricksun** · December 3rd, 2006

This is my eagerest thread, thanks for your efforts. Although I followed everything you posted, my sony laptop's fn-keys still don't work. That's what happened:

Code:

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

Code:

modprobe sony_acpi
FATAL: Error inserting sony_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/sony_acpi.ko): Operation not permitted

I have tried more than twice.

Any help is appreciated.

**Zhukov** · December 3rd, 2006

The fact that the module isn't there when you want to remove it it's not a problem.
(That's what rmmod does anyway

)

To solve your issue just do sudo modprobe sony_acpi instead of just modprobe sony_acpi.
That is the cause of the permission problem, you have to run the command as sudo.

Thanks for pointing it out, i've already fixed it.

**bricksun** · December 4th, 2006

Thanks for your reply, it works fine.

**mjpoetic** · December 4th, 2006

Worked here too!! Nice Howto!! A must have for VAIO users

**thewall83** · December 12th, 2006

It doesn't work for me!
I've got a UBUNTU 6.10 on a Sony VAIO FE11H.
The kernel is 2.6.17-10-generic.

The howto goes well until I type:

Code:

ls /proc/acpi/sony/

This command responds to me:

Code:

brightness brightness_default

So, "fnkey" is not present!
In fact when, after

Code:

fsfn -o

, I try to type Fn+F5 or Fn+F6 it doesn't happen anything!
I think that I should add some command near the lines F5 and F6 in the file "/etc/fsfn.conf", but Idon't know what kind of command will work!

The only command that work (by terminal) are:

Code:

smartdimmer -i (increase brightness)
smartdimmer -d (decrease      "    )

but in my case they don't work near lines F5 and F6.

How could I assign these commands to my Fn keys?

**larytet** · January 25th, 2007

To thewall83:

try to check

Code:

cat /var/log/acpid

Is there any exceptions ?
Try to click Fn keys and check /var/log/acpid again

**thewall83** · January 25th, 2007

Originally Posted by larytet

To thewall83:

try to check

Code:

cat /var/log/acpid

Is there any exceptions ?
Try to click Fn keys and check /var/log/acpid again

Any exceptions

It's like I didin't click any key.
It's a known bug and (at the moment) it's unresolved because it needs the hard patching of the module sony_acpi.
http://www.iwebyoumind.com/index.php...7228&SID=guest
Bye bye!

**larytet** · January 26th, 2007

Looks like screendimmer works in 6.10 out of the box for VGN-S460

Code:

 sudo smartdimmer -i
 sudo smartdimmer -d

I slightly modified
/etc/acpi/sonybright.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash

BRIGHTNESS=$(cat /proc/acpi/sony/brightness)


if [ "$BRIGHTNESS" -gt 8 ]; then
	BRIGHTNESS=8
fi

if [ "x$1" = "xdown" ]; then
   if [ "$BRIGHTNESS" -gt 1 ]; then
      BRIGHTNESS=$(( $BRIGHTNESS - 1 ))
      echo $BRIGHTNESS > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness
      echo "BRIGHTNESS=$BRIGHTNESS"
      [ -x /usr/bin/smartdimmer ] && smartdimmer -d 2>/dev/null
      [ -x /usr/bin/smartdimmer ] && smartdimmer -d 2>/dev/null
   fi

elif [ "x$1" = "xup" ]; then
   if [ "$BRIGHTNESS" -lt 8 ]; then
      BRIGHTNESS=$(( $BRIGHTNESS + 1 ))
      echo $BRIGHTNESS > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness
      echo "BRIGHTNESS=$BRIGHTNESS"
      [ -x /usr/bin/smartdimmer ] && smartdimmer -i 2>/dev/null
      [ -x /usr/bin/smartdimmer ] && smartdimmer -i 2>/dev/null
   fi

else
   echo >&2 Unknown argument $1
fi

make sure that you start from some reasonable number
for example:
sudo echo 8 > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness
and call
sudo smartdimmer -i

a couple of times

Interesting exercise with ACPI (this one throttles power for CPU0)

Code:

su
cd /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/
echo 7:7 > limit

**ARGONIQ** · April 24th, 2007

Originally Posted by Zhukov

Ok, so this is what I did to get the FN keys to work on my Vaio:

First let's install some packages:

Code:

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

Then:

Code:

wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz
	wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.conf.txt
	wget http://student.dei.uc.pt/~jpoa/fsfn/fsfn.txt

Extract and compile:

Code:

tar zxvf fsfn-1.1-take2.tar.gz
	cd fsfn-1.1
	./configure && make && sudo checkinstall

Don't forget to get back to the initial directory:

Code:

cd ..

Then, just to be sure all modules are loaded:

Code:

sudo rmmod sony_acpi
	sudo modprobe sony_acpi
	ls /proc/acpi/sony/

And check for:

Code:

brightness brightness_default fnkey

Then let's copy the configuration file:

Code:

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

Then edit it as desired:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/fsfn.conf

For example, I reduce the size of the fonts and use Headphone as the ALSA device.

If you need to activate the FJS hack add this to the beggining of the file:

Code:

BRT_SETDEFAULT=1
	BRT_HACK_FJS=1

Now let's test it!

Code:

sudo fsfn

And:

Code:

fsfn -o

Now try the keys. If everything is ok let's just add it to the boot process:

Code:

sudo chown root:root fsfn.txt && sudo chmod +x fsfn.txt && sudo mv fsfn.txt /etc/init.d/fsfn

And:

Code:

sudo update-rc.d fsfn defaults

And that's it! Hope it works for you!

This is basically a summary of this I have NO CREDIT AT ALL!: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=88611

Kudos to the developers and original thread creators!

This worked for me in 6.10 release, but NOT in Feisy. What can i do?
Thx!!!!!

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