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I wrote a little Linux driver based on Andy Wingo's work (http://wingolog.org/pub/nvbacklight-0.1.tar.bz2) and MacTel Team (https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support) that enables the control of laptop backlight connected to NVIDIA chip using the /sys/class/backlight interface.
Kubuntu 9.10 for instance uses this interface to control the backlight from powerdevil.
It is tested with a Sony AW11M/H laptop (Nvidia 9300M GS). Other users successfully tested it on other laptops (have a look at the nvidiabl-laptops.h file).
Installation from nvidiabl-dkms_xxxx_all.deb file (Debian and distributions based on it):
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Install the file from your favorite software manager or type:
sudo dpkg -i nvidiabl-dkms_xxxx_all.deb
Uninstallation (after installation from nvidiabl-dkms_xxxx_all.deb file):
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Uninstall the nvidiabl package from your favorite software manager or type:
sudo dpkg -r nvidiabl
Installation from nvidiabl-x.xx-source-only.dkms.tar.gz file:
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If not already done, install DKMS, for instance with Ubuntu:
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install dkms
Then:
sudo dkms ldtarball --archive=nvidiabl-x.xx-source-only.dkms.tar.gz build install
Where x.xx is the nvidiabl module version.
Uninstallation (after installation from nvidiabl-x.xx-source-only.dkms.tar.gz file):
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cd /usr/src/nvidiabl-x.xx
make dkms-remove
Where x.xx is the nvidiabl module version. To know what version are installed on your system, type:
dkms status
If nvidiabl is the last module to use DKMS, you can remove the DKMS package, for instance with Ubuntu, type:
sudo aptitude remove dkms
Installation from source files:
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If not already done, install DKMS, for instance with Ubuntu, type:
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install dkms
Uncompress the source files and from that directory, type:
make dkms-install
Then you can erase the directory where source files have been uncompressed.
Create a package:
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For instance for version 0.72:
sudo dkms mkdeb mktarball --source-only -m nvidiabl -v 0.72
Then the package should be available here: /var/lib/dkms/nvidiabl/0.72/tarball/nvidiabl-0.72-source-only.dkms.tar.gz
Uninstallation (after installation from nvidiabl-x.xx-source-only.dkms.tar.gz file or from source files version 0.59 or newer):
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cd /usr/src/nvidiabl-x.xx
make dkms-remove
Where x.xx is the nvidiabl module version. To know what versions are installed on your system, type:
dkms status
If nvidiabl is the last module to use DKMS, you can remove the DKMS package, for instance with Ubuntu, type:
sudo aptitude remove dkms
Uninstallation (after installation from source files or from nvidiabl-x.xx-source-only.dkms.tar.gz for version 0.58 or older):
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sudo dkms remove -m nvidiabl -v x.xx --all
sudo rm -rf /usr/src/nvidiabl-x.xx
Where x.xx is the nvidiabl module version 0.58 or previous. To know what version are installed on your system, type:
dkms status
On some older version, the package name can be nvbacklight or nvidia_bl.
If nvidiabl is the last module to use DKMS, you can remove the DKMS package, for instance with Ubuntu, type:
sudo aptitude remove dkms
Driver loading:
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The driver autoloads at boot up for Sony Vaio VGN AW11, FZ11 and FZ38 laptops and other laptops, have a look in the nvidiabl-laptops.h file.
To load the driver manually, you need to add a line containing nvidiabl in /etc/modules.
If you want the driver to autoload for your laptop without adding a line to /etc/modules, please give me the output of:
lspci -nn
cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor
cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
Driver debug:
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If you know Linux driver programming, you can modify yourself the nvidiabl-laptops.h and send me the line you added.
You can debug the driver with the following options:
module_param_named(off, off, long, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(off, "value to put in the register to disable the backlight, negative value is interpreted as percentage of maximum, -101 for default, autodetect otherwise");
module_param_named(min, min, long, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(min, "minimum register value for the backlight, negative value is interpreted as percentage of maximum, -101 for default, autodetect otherwise");
module_param_named(max, max, long, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max, "maximum register value for the backlight, -101 for default, autodetect otherwise");
module_param_named(pci_id, pci_id, ulong, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(pci_id, "PCI ID of the Nvidia card - usefull only when not using autodetection and more than one Nvidia PCI device");
module_param_named(model, model, charp, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(model, "backlight model, must be empty for autodetection, nv4x or nv5x");
For instance, if you want to test 50 as min value and 500 as max value, type:
sudo modprobe -r nvidiabl
sudo modprobe nvidiabl min=50 max=500
I can change the backlight value from the power settings GUI but my Fn keys are not working:
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On https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl/blob/master/scripts, there are bash (in /usr/local/sbin) and ACPI (in /etc) scripts examples that permit on my laptop to use Fn keys to change the backlight settings. This is an ugly workaround (you don't have OSD this way), good practice should be to have a look at the /usr/share/doc/udev/README.keymap.txt.gz and fill a bug report.
There is some intereting scripts here too: http://dev.osource.se/software/obacklight.
nVidia staff is of course free to ship this driver with theirs!
Guillaume