[Bug 546201] Re: [LUCID Beta 1] Brightness Fn keys don't work as expected on Sony Vaio VGN FW35G. Regression.

[jesus225]

A fix for my Sony Vaio! (Thank you Silvan for this solution)
1. Find out the vendor string used by hal:

 $ lshal | grep system.hardware.vendor

 (In my case: system.hardware.vendor = 'Sony Corporation )

2. Find out the product string:

 $ lshal | grep system.hardware.product

 (In my case: system.hardware.product = 'VGN-FW31ZJ' )

3. Open /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-laptop-panel-
hardware.fdi in an editor with root privileges

4. Add this line

<match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.vendor" string="Sony Corporation">
	<match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" contains_outof="VGN-FW31ZJ">
	  <!-- needed since the acpi video module reports it handle the events, but it don't work on this machines-->
          <merge key="laptop_panel.brightness_in_hardware" type="bool">false</merge>
        </match>
</match>
5. Reboot!

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[LUCID Beta 1] Brightness Fn keys don't work as expected on Sony Vaio VGN FW35G. Regression.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546201
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