Please help!: Keyboard backlight not working on my NP900X5N laptop <previous not accepted due to HTML encoding>

[Jan Vlietland]

Hi guys,

Sorry but still walking with this bug under my arm.

I can't find the right group to file the bug on bugzilla and also on 
freenode I cannot find the right group.

Please help!

Regards,

Jan


On 01-01-19 13:48, Jan Vlietland wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Greg K-H suggested to mail you guys.
>
> I installed Linux 4.20.0-rc7 (downloaded, compiled and installed) on a 
> Samsung NP900X5N laptop and have noticed 3 bugs. 2 of them I found in 
> Bugzilla and replied on them (i915 and Nouveau issues). I am currently 
> discussing them with an intel engineer.
>
> On other bug I haven't found so therefore a mail directly to you guys 
> as maintainers.
>
> On my other machine, a Samsung NP900X4D (just bought it in the USA, 
> 2017 model), the samsung-laptop.ko module is enabling the use of the 
> keyboard backlight keys.
>
> It is not working on my new machine NP900X5N. My samsung-laptop.ko 
> driver isn't loading. If I try to load it manually it complains about 
> 'no such device".
>
> My Linux kernel is working in CSM mode. The module is still not loaded.
>
> As it is weekend I did some more reading and debugging of the module. 
> To my understanding the module checks the model and type of the 
> laptop. The known models and types are stored in the struct:
>
> static struct dmi_system_id __initdata samsung_dmi_table[]
>
> I wondr if the NP900X5N notebook is included in this list.
>
> With dmidecode -t chassis it shows:
> Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
> SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
>
> Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
> Chassis Information
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Manufacturer: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Type: Notebook
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Lock: Not Present
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Version: N/A
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Serial Number: 0F4C91CJ900346
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Asset Tag: No Asset Tag
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Boot-up State: Safe
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Power Supply State: Safe
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Thermal State: Other
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Security Status: None
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ OEM Information: 0x00000000
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Height: Unspecified
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Number Of Power Cords: 1
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Contained Elements: 0
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ SKU Number: Chassis
>
> If I use the -u flag. The notebook value is 0x0A, not 0x10!!!
>
> Could that be the reason for not loading?
>
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ .matches = {
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR,
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."),
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ DMI_MATCH(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "10"), /* Notebook */
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ },
>
> Maybe another reason could that that either the i915 and Nouveau 
> modules are not working well. I get black screens with the i915 and 
> MMIO faults with the nouveau driver. That is another issue that I need 
> to tackle.
>
> Oh happy new year :-)