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r0b0t

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Cannot adjust screen brightness after BIOS update

I was able to adjust my laptop screen brightness but after the BIOS update:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132077

I'm not any-more able to adjust it by hitting F2 / F3

Any good suggestion on what to use to manage volume, /brightness etc? or why now isn't working anymore?

Thanks.

r0b0t

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Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness after BIOS update

anybody on this one?

hongy19

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Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness after BIOS update

see if this wiki could help you.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Backlight

r0b0t

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Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness after BIOS update

HI,

thanks for the heads up, however I think the problem could be related also to my keyboard layout.
Current
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf | grep -i model     
       Option                 "XkbModel" "hpdv5"

Actually my HP is dv6 and I see now that the keyboard is totally different:

DV5 http://images.google.com/imgres?q=hp+dv … 29,r:0,s:0

DV6 http://images.google.com/imgres?q=hp+dv … 29,r:1,s:0

What Xkbmodel should I use?

Currently available:

$ cat /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst | grep -i hp
  hpi6            Hewlett-Packard Internet Keyboard
  hp250x          Hewlett-Packard SK-250x Multimedia Keyboard
  hpxe3gc         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GC
  hpxe3gf         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GF
  hpxt1000        Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XT1000
  hpdv5           Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5
  hpzt11xx        Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ZT11xx
  hp500fa         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 500 FA
  hp5xx           Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 5xx
  hpnx9020        Hewlett-Packard nx9020
  hp6000          Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 6000/6100
  hpmini110       Hewlett-Packard Mini 110 Notebook

Last edited by r0b0t (2011-12-25 12:53:40)

r0b0t

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Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness after BIOS update

Ok , I'm able to use bloc num with hpzt11xx but still, cannot control volume and screen brightness, I was able to control this before bios upgrade