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Old 03-27-2013, 03:47 AM   #1
israa6000
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Nvidia & brightness control


Dears,
this is my first post here and i hope to find my answers here

my os is redhat 6 and i cant get the brightness to change
the other funtions are working
my laptop is toshiba
thank you very much
 
Old 03-27-2013, 01:02 PM   #2
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What is the model number of your laptop? Are you using acpi? Without the model number, I can roughly guess that this is either a video driver and/or config issue; Could you also provide us the output of the following commands?
Code:
uname -a
lspci -k
If you can, please use code tags, thanks!
 
Old 03-28-2013, 04:48 AM   #3
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thank you very much for your help
it is probably a driver issue as when i do

modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_302_17 (/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-302_17.ko): No such device


uname -a
Linux dhcppc0 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc90
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0a7a (rev a2)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc90
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nvidia-302_17, nouveau, nvidiafb
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc90
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc30
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7173
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
 
Old 03-28-2013, 12:12 PM   #4
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well the nvidia 302 driver is very old
the current nvidia kmod for el6 is the 310

for red hat enterprise linux 6.4 ( the current )
yum should show 310 ( if you installed elrepo )
with the elrepo installed ( it has the nvidia kmod )
Code:
yum search nvidia 
---- from the list install the current --
yum install kmod-nvidia
and that will grab the required rpms that it needs

you will also need to blacklist the opensource " nouveau" driver and rebuild the boot image without the nouveau driver

search red hat knowlage base for the instructions
this is RHEL6 so you do have the required and paid for support contract
https://access.redhat.com/search/quick

you will need to login to red hat with the credentials you set up when you bought the required support contract

Last edited by John VV; 03-28-2013 at 12:13 PM.
 
Old 03-29-2013, 06:02 AM   #5
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thank you very much
i downloaded the latest nvidia driver and it was 310
i installed it and it worked
 
  


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