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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu laptop - flickering display Post 302310589 by mhilinski on Saturday 25th of April 2009 11:39:19 PM
Old 04-26-2009
laptop - flickering display

i have installed ubuntu 9.0.4 on my laptop and i have a display problem
my laptop display flickers from time to time while i am using it

and to me it is kind of annoying



please reply


thanks
 

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ACPI_SONY(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 					      ACPI_SONY(4)

NAME
acpi_sony -- ACPI notebook controller driver for Sony laptops SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: device acpi_sony Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): acpi_sony_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The acpi_sony driver provides support for the notebook controller in Sony laptops. Note that not all features will work on all laptop mod- els. SYSCTLS
The following sysctl nodes are currently implemented: dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness Current brightness level of the display. dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness_default Default brightness level of the display (survives reboot). dev.acpi_sony.0.contrast Current contrast level of the display. dev.acpi_sony.0.bass_gain Enable or disable the Bass Gain feature. dev.acpi_sony.0.cdp Turns the CD power on or off. dev.acpi_sony.0.azp Turns the audio power on or off. dev.acpi_sony.0.lnp Turns the wired network interface power on or off. SEE ALSO
acpi(4), sysctl(8) HISTORY
The acpi_sony driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. AUTHORS
The acpi_sony driver was written by Takanori Watanabe <takawata@FreeBSD.org>. BSD
February 8, 2010 BSD
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