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Dear Adrian,
Thanks for the speedy reply! I will compile this kernel tonight and give it
a try.

Sincerely,
Andrew

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Adrian Vielsack
<advielsack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> the simplest way to get intel graphics to work with brightness control is
> 2.6.35-rc6 kernel and the brightness-control applet. works perfekt for me.
>
> My kernel config attached.
>
> Greets Adri
>
>
> On 30.07.2010 21:54, andagom@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Dear Adam,
>
> You mentioned you have the Intel graphics working. Do you also have
> brightness control working?
>
> Also would you mind sharing the particulars of the kernel you used to
> achieve this? I have been struggling the past few days trying to get Intel
> alone to work with brightness control by compiling various kernels with
> various patches. The only luck I've had was with 2.6.34 kernel with Zhao
> Yakui's i915 patch
> http://lowl.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/i915patch.txt However this does
> not allow brightness control as far as I am concerned.
>
> Sincerely,
> Andrew
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Xavier/Aleix/Anyone whos interested(!),
>>
>>        Thanks for this. Sorry for the delay but I've been having no end of
>> trouble getting this to work, because it seems to be a very specific set
>> of
>> modules and configs which make it possible. Hopefully this will improve
>> over
>> time, but for now we are where we are. I'm also running out of time to
>> work on
>> it, so it won't be perfect by any means.
>>
>>        What I hope to end up with once I've tested everything is:
>>
>> - You will be able to switch to "speed", select an old kernel from the
>> boot
>> menu, and the machine will automatically boot then re-boot in to my
>> kernel,
>> which will allow the proprietary NVidia drivers to run with only that card
>> enabled. Without booting the old kernel first there is no easy way to stop
>> the
>> Intel card from stealing resources at boot and so the NVidia drivers don't
>> work. The Neoveau ones nearly work, but don't detect any outputs being
>> connected, so this may be fixed soon, but for now to use the NVidia card
>> you
>> are stuck with this solution.
>>
>> - In "speed" or "auto" mode, you should just be able to boot my kernel,
>> and
>> everything will work with the Intel drivers ( i.e. no booting an old
>> kernel
>> first. )
>>
>>        I could not get the Debian kernel to work, and so I am having to
>> use the
>> normal Linux 2.6.35-rc6 without Debian patches, but that should be ok for
>> this
>> - better to have a machine which doesn't eat the battery.
>>
>>        Hopefully I'll have something later today.
>>
>> Adam.
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday 28 July 2010 17:27:56 xh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > Hi
>> > I'm ok to host it.
>> > send me a mail when your kernel is ready.
>> >
>> > Xavier.
>> >
>> > ----- Message d'origine -----
>> >
>> > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 08:46:05 Aleix Solà wrote:
>> > > > Hi Adam is there any way to hack kernel without compiling it? I'm
>> not
>> > > > able to make Intel work.
>> > >
>> > >     There is no way without compiling a kernel or getting someone to
>> > > compile   one for you, no. I could maybe look at building a Ubuntu
>> lucid
>> > > kernel with my   changes in, but would then need to find some kind
>> soul
>> > > to host it.
>> > >
>> > > Adam.
>> > >
>> > > > 2010/7/28, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > > > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 03:36:45 Ben Wilson wrote:
>> > > > > > All of the bios modification threads I've come across thus far
>> are
>> > > > > > for the 2009 version of the laptop, do you know of any links for
>> > > > > > the 2010 (VPCZ1290) models?
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     Unfortunately I don't, though I'm sure that the BIOS will be
>> > > > > pretty much
>> > > > >
>> > > > > the same between the two versions since the laptops are identical.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     Personally, I'm working on getting both graphics cards to work
>> > > > > WITHOUT
>> > > > >
>> > > > > having to mod the bios - I've got the Intel card working, though
>> with
>> > > > > kernel hacks etc. The NVidia card almost works I think, but
>> currently
>> > > > > the X server driver thinks that the primary card is in fact the
>> Intel
>> > > > > one and so doesn't try to initialise the correct one.   I'm hoping
>> > > > > that this is the only issue, but since I wasn't that bothered
>> about
>> > > > > getting that card working I haven't looked in to it further yet.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     In the mean time, booting an old kernel in speed mode, then
>> > > > > booting the
>> > > > >
>> > > > > correct one, lets you use the NVidia card with the NVidia
>> proprietary
>> > > > > drivers
>> > > > > - that works fine.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Adam.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > - Ben
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hill <
>> sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > Yes, you can either boot an older kernel first ( pre 2.6.30
>> ish
>> > > > > > > ) and then reboot, or you can modify the bios. In either case
>> > > > > > > having the switch set to speed mode will result in only the
>> > > > > > > NVidia card showing up. There are many references to bios
>> > > > > > > modding around.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Adam
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On 27 Jul 2010 21:57, "Ben Wilson" <benwilson512@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > > > > > wrote: Is there some way to simply disable the intel graphics
>> > > > > > > device such that it won't be recognized by the OS at all?
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Thanks,
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > - Ben
>> > > > > > >
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