Problem with my Graphics Media.

tech27

Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:46:01 am

Hello guys I just recently installed Zorin OS Lite 6 on my Samsung Netbook and all I can say it was pretty awesome the performance was improve. Anyway I have this problem regarding my Graphics media, which is Intel GMA 3150 and my problem is I cannot adjust my brightness on my netbook, It shows the somewhat like notification that shows the adjustments of my brightness but it takes no effect, for example I reduce the brightness but still the brightness of my screen still stays the same, and I cannot find any driver for linux that supports my graphics media. If you guys know how to resolve this please I really need your help.

madvinegar

Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:12:33 am

I think that the latest intel drivers for your card can be downloaded from here: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/

tech27

Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:31:41 pm

madvinegar wrote:I think that the latest intel drivers for your card can be downloaded from here: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/

Hello. thanks for your reply and yeah I found the driver and here's the link: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012.02.html, but I'm wondering how to download and install it, maybe you could help me how please.

madvinegar

Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:27:02 pm

I think this is the right one: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2011Q1.html

It is for kernel 2.6.38 (which is the kernel of Zorin 5 or 5.2).

tech27

Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:31:29 pm

madvinegar wrote:I think this is the right one: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2011Q1.html

It is for kernel 2.6.38 (which is the kernel of Zorin 5 or 5.2).

Im using the 'Lite version 6' is it kernel 2.6.38 ?? and how do I download and install the driver ??? need your help please.

Wolfman

Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:26:55 am

Hi,

you should just make sure that your system is up-to-date, the drivers should install automatically!!. Please see these How-To's, check your software sources settings and update the system as advised!!.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1694

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1618

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1617

Read the details in each and follow the advice which may/should solve your problem automatically!!.

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:43:46 am

hm... Zorin lite 6 is based on ubuntu 12.04, which is based on gnome 3... So the Kernel must be something like 3.x.xx.

So, the driver you have indicated might be the right one. You can open terminal and write

Code:: uname -a

to check the exact kernel you are running.

As regards installation, I have not tried it, but the usual way would be:

Go here git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa and download the latest 3D driver, i.e. the mesa-8.0.2.tar.gz
Go to your downloads folder, locate the folder, right-clivk on it and select "extract here".
Then open terminal and navigate to the extracted folder, i.e.:

Code:: cd /home/your name/Downloads/mesa-8.0.2

And then

Code:: ./configure make make install

As I said I have not tried it. I don't even know if thsi will solve the brightness problem.

madvinegar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:56:59 am

NOTE: Before doing any of the above have a look at this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397371

He has the same card as yours and by changing a minor setting in the grub.cfg file (instructions can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397371) he was able to adjust the brightness at the grub menu. It's worth a try before messing with GPU drivers which seem to work just fine.

tech27

Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:35:06 am

Ok guys thank you very much for you replies and yeah later I'll try those things coz' I'm not using my netbook right now but thanks for your efforts ;>

Wolfman

Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:13:18 am

Hi,

@MV, your quote "hm... Zorin lite 6 is based on ubuntu 12.04, which is based on gnome 3... So the Kernel must be something like 3.x.xx." is slightly off, please see this blog about the sys specs for Zorin 6 Lite:

http://zoringroup.com/blog/2012/03/19/z ... -released/

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:18:57 pm

Ok understood. I thought all Zorin 6 editions were based in ubuntu 12.04. I have never used a lite edition. :oops:

If the case is that zorin 6 lite is based on ubuntu 11.10, it is better to wait to get the results of

Code:: uname -a

in order to establish the exact kernel version.

Thanx WM!

Wolfman

Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:29:29 pm

Hi,

see also.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1732

Regards Wolfman

tech27

Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:48:03 am

Hello guys I think I found the solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/shffddxsxowthre ... 371&page=3

I follow this instruction:

in synaptic package manager go to settings, go to settings>repositories and chose other software tab.
Add the following repository: ppa:voria/ppa
click reload on the main package manager screen then search for samsung
check the boxes by samsung-tools AND samsung-backlight
click apply and load the packages. close package manager and reboot

in the terminal run:
sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/95-keyboard-force-release.rules
in the samsung section you will see a line with *N130*|*N140* etc. add |*N150* there
also do the same for:
sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/95-keymap.rules

substitute your model for N150 above if it isnt already there.

The first part loads the samsung tools and backlight utility. this will also get some of your other function keys working. you can see the mappings in system>samsung tools preferences.
The second part gets the mappings working for the fn-up and fn-down keys. it also keeps the fn-keys from going crazy by forcing them to release after being pressed.

But what I did is I just follow

in synaptic package manager go to settings, go to settings>repositories and chose other software tab.
Add the following repository: ppa:voria/ppa
click reload on the main package manager screen then search for samsung
check the boxes by samsung-tools AND samsung-backlight
click apply and load the packages. close package manager and reboot

and amazingly my brightness control work.

but I'm wondering why this steps give me error when I type in the terminal

in the terminal run:
sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/95-keyboard-force-release.rules
in the samsung section you will see a line with *N130*|*N140* etc. add |*N150* there
also do the same for:
sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/95-keymap.rules

It says 'sudo: gedit: command not found' why is that so??? is gedit not applicable in Zorin Lite 6 ??? or what???, I'm just curious :roll:

madvinegar

Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:00:46 am

You had the advantage of knowing what brand your laptop is... :lol:

Just to check, it is not "sudo: gedit" it is "sudo gedit" (i.e. without the ":").

As I said, I have not worked with any lite edition so I cannot tell for sure if the gnome text editor (gedit) is installed by default as in the core or ultimate versions.
Maybe lite editions use some other editor like nano or vi etc.

In any case you can always download it from ubuntu software center. Just look for "text editor".

Wolfman

Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:16:08 am

Hi all,

one thing to bear in mind with "Lite" versions is that are exactly that; "Lite", I don't use them because they tend to be a pain in the rear end quite often due to missing this and that!!. This is not to say that any of the available Lite versions are no good, it is just I prefer full versions over them!!.

You got it running which is the main thing

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar

Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:24:24 am

Wolfman wrote:one thing to bear in mind with "Lite" versions is that are exactly that; "Lite", I don't use them because they tend to be a pain in the rear end quite often due to missing this and that!!. This is not to say that any of the available Lite versions are no good, it is just I prefer full versions over them!!.

tech27

Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:27:41 am

Regarding the rough edges, you may need the latest drivers for your card. Have you activated the recommended driver from additional drivers? Was it only one recomended driver? Post the outcome of "lspci" (without the quotes) just to check exact model. Even though I do not recomend to change the driver since you have enabled the recommended one and it seems to be working.

Yeah I already activated the 'Recommended driver from Additional driver" which mine is Nvidia and its colored green when I choose to activate, but one thing that bugs my mind is that, in the additional driver it says that the Recommend driver is activated but in the bottom left corner it says 'not in use' even though I activated it already

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