CapricornOne

CapricornOne:

The brightness keys do nothing for me.

The Voodoo kext had the refresh key (over F5) make the brightness prompt appear, but did nothing - sat at 50%.

Weirdly, the control panel and 'Brightness Slider' app appear correct (but not influenced by the keys).

I use the latter app, as I had issues of brightness going to lowest on boot on battery, so this sets it to my personal default.

You need to patch your DSDT for brightness to work. That's a whole other issue. Search for Rehabman's github and you'll find more info.

Hey CapricornOne - what version are you using?

 

I have a Z500 too, but the keyboard doesn't work on 3.0.2 - what did you need to do to make it work?

V3_Final I think. Everything works perfectly except that brightness control issue I highlighted.

What is your notebook model? The latest driver has been set to Fn keys mode 2 which doesn't need any Fn key to hold to access functions of fn key from F1-F12. I've changed this mode back to 1 in the new minor bug update.

It's a Lenovo Z500. Brightness up only works when the level is 0-49%. Brightness down only works when the level is 100-51%. At 50% brightness neither button works until the slider is manually altered in display settings.

Strange issue with your latest driver and the brightness (fn) control - once the brightness slider hits half way the controls no longer work. If I manually drag the slider to the darkest setting, fn+f2 will increase the brightness until the midway point. The reverse is also true for the highest setting manually and the keyboard shortcut fn+1 to decrease.

Neither controls work whilst the slider is "stuck" at the halfway point however, until manually altered using the slider in System Preferences>Displays.

Merry Christmas mate, the rest of the patch seems perfect!