[Newbie] - Caught exception on dellLcdBrightness

[Leonel Gayard]

> > ~$ sudo dellLcdBrightness -a -v 4
> > Read AC Mode Setting
> >     current: 7
> >     min: 0
> >     max: 7
> >
> > Write AC Mode Setting
> > An Error occurred. The Error message is:
> > Unsupported SMI call.
>
> Please make sure you have loaded the 'dcdbas' kernel module.
>

dcdbas is correctly loaded, so says lsmod. This did not change the
"unsupported SMI call" error.

Any other ideas ?

leonel at leonel-notebook:~$ lsmod  | grep dcd
dcdbas                 11056  0

leonel at leonel-notebook:~$ sudo dellLcdBrightness -a -v 3
Read AC Mode Setting
   current: 4
       min: 0
       max: 7

Write AC Mode Setting
An Error occurred. The Error message is:
Unsupported SMI call.
leonel at leonel-notebook:~$


[]'s
Leonel


On 9/28/07, Erik Andrén <erik.andren at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Leonel Gayard wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As stated in the title, this is a newbie asking.
> >
> > When using the script dellLcdBrightness, to try to set the brightness
> > value of my LCD screen, I've ran into the following error:
> >
> > ~$ sudo dellLcdBrightness -a -v 4
> > Read AC Mode Setting
> >     current: 7
> >     min: 0
> >     max: 7
> >
> > Write AC Mode Setting
> > An Error occurred. The Error message is:
> > Unsupported SMI call.
>
> Please make sure you have loaded the 'dcdbas' kernel module.
>
> Regards,
> Erik
>
> >
> > I'm using a Vostro 1000 with a Turion 64 CPU. It is a dual boot on
> > Windows XP and Ubuntu 7.04; I've been trying to use the script
> > dellLcdBrightness because the brightness keys are behaving strangely
> > on Ubuntu (they work fine under winXP).
> >
> > Is that because I'm on a 64 bit kernel ? What could cause that error ?
> > Any ideas on where to look for ?
> >
> > []'s
> > Leonel
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