topic Vaio S3XP: How to control LCD brightness under linux in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.pl/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-s3xp-how-to-control-lcd-brightness-under-linux/m-p/8489#M110726 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR />I just installed Linux (debian) on my new S3Xp. I am really happy with the notebook (now that it has linux installed <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> but I would like to control the lcd brightness, to reduce it when on battery.<BR /><BR />I tried using the sonypi and sony_acpi drivers available at:<BR /><A href="http://popies.net/sonypi/" target="_blank">http://popies.net/sonypi/</A><BR />but none of them works on the newest vaio (I think the same proble occurs with the FS115).<BR /><BR />Any help from other users?<BR /><BR />Any help from Sony? Is it something that must be controlled by the bios or by the video driver? I understand you (Sony) do not support different OSs than M$ but we (customers) give you a lot of money to buy your hardware (you are supposed to be a hardware, not software vendor) and it would be nice if you could, at least, publish the required documents to have it operated under the OS of customers' choice <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /><BR />Regards<BR /> G.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 May 2005 13:55:40 GMT cugola 2005-05-23T13:55:40Z Vaio S3XP: How to control LCD brightness under linux https://community.sony.pl/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-s3xp-how-to-control-lcd-brightness-under-linux/m-p/8489#M110726 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR />I just installed Linux (debian) on my new S3Xp. I am really happy with the notebook (now that it has linux installed <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> but I would like to control the lcd brightness, to reduce it when on battery.<BR /><BR />I tried using the sonypi and sony_acpi drivers available at:<BR /><A href="http://popies.net/sonypi/" target="_blank">http://popies.net/sonypi/</A><BR />but none of them works on the newest vaio (I think the same proble occurs with the FS115).<BR /><BR />Any help from other users?<BR /><BR />Any help from Sony? Is it something that must be controlled by the bios or by the video driver? I understand you (Sony) do not support different OSs than M$ but we (customers) give you a lot of money to buy your hardware (you are supposed to be a hardware, not software vendor) and it would be nice if you could, at least, publish the required documents to have it operated under the OS of customers' choice <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /><BR />Regards<BR /> G.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 May 2005 13:55:40 GMT https://community.sony.pl/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-s3xp-how-to-control-lcd-brightness-under-linux/m-p/8489#M110726 cugola 2005-05-23T13:55:40Z