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[Wouter van der Graaf <wouter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I also have a Z13 with the sony-laptop module installed. I have 8 
levels though, without doing anything special.

Wouter


Op di 14 feb 2012 17:22:58 CET, Joël Bourquard schreef:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I just compiled the latest Linux kernel 3.2.6 on my Z13.  Once I 
> boot into KDE, I have 20 usable brightness levels (let's say 0-19).
>
> Then I checkout, compile and install the custom sony-laptop module from:
> git://gitorious.org/sony-laptop-zseries/sony-laptop-zseries.git 
> <http://gitorious.org/sony-laptop-zseries/sony-laptop-zseries.git>
>
> This module is great because we can limit the battery charger to 80%.  
> But unfortunately, with it I only get 5 usable brightness levels (0-4) 
> which is way too coarse imho!
>
> Does someone know a way to fix this? I looked at the "sony-laptop.c" 
> source code and the #define SONY_MAX_BRIGHTNESS is equal to 8 in both 
> files...
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Joël
>
>
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