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Unable to change brightness in a Lenovo laptop


How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?What is a terminal and how do I open and use it?How do you change brightness, color and sharpness from command line?Can I control brightness on second monitor?Can't adjust brightness on my MSI VR420 laptopBrightness controls doesn't work on a MacBook Pro 5.5 (ubuntu 12.04 LTS)How can i make Brightness Control work?How to fix brightness on Ubuntu 14-04 LTS installed on macbook pro 2012 13"screen brightness and keyboard backlight works in unity, not in kdeWhy don't my Fn keys work for brightness or media after upgrading?How can i make Brightness Control work?Lenovo Y500 can't set brightnessMake a script run at startupBrightness control on Samsung Ativ Book 6Unable to change brightness in a Lenovo z500 laptop with Ubuntu 15.10Brightness Problem Ubuntu 15.10 (Dell inspiron 5737)I can't lower the backlight/brightnessBrightness control not working on laptop ubuntu16.10Brightness on laptop MSI GT72VR in Ubuntu 18.04 with NVIDIA GTX 1060 Mobile doesn't work18.04 Lenovo ideapad backlight













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Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + /> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in Linux itself, not the desktop environment.



I can change the brightness in Windows OS, so it's not some kind of hardware fault.




Details:

          Lenovo B570 (Model Name: 20093)

          Integrated Intel HD graphics card

          Kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-10-generic, KDE 4.7.0), everything up to date

          No proprietary graphics drivers (only Wi-Fi one)



What I've tried:



  • Edit /etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: acpi_osi=Linux, acpi_backlight=vendor, nomodeset. And yes, I did update-grub

  • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (no such file, even after sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg)

  • Edit /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness (no such file)


  • sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=XX (no effect)


  • xbacklight -set XX ("No outputs have backlight property")

How can I fix this issue?










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  • 1





    This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

    – Oleh Prypin
    Oct 13 '11 at 17:59






  • 5





    This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

    – Mittenchops
    May 21 '12 at 21:17











  • And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

    – Diego
    Apr 25 '16 at 3:56






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

    – Pablo Bianchi
    Jan 4 at 23:04















42















Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + /> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in Linux itself, not the desktop environment.



I can change the brightness in Windows OS, so it's not some kind of hardware fault.




Details:

          Lenovo B570 (Model Name: 20093)

          Integrated Intel HD graphics card

          Kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-10-generic, KDE 4.7.0), everything up to date

          No proprietary graphics drivers (only Wi-Fi one)



What I've tried:



  • Edit /etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: acpi_osi=Linux, acpi_backlight=vendor, nomodeset. And yes, I did update-grub

  • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (no such file, even after sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg)

  • Edit /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness (no such file)


  • sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=XX (no effect)


  • xbacklight -set XX ("No outputs have backlight property")

How can I fix this issue?










share|improve this question



















  • 1





    This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

    – Oleh Prypin
    Oct 13 '11 at 17:59






  • 5





    This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

    – Mittenchops
    May 21 '12 at 21:17











  • And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

    – Diego
    Apr 25 '16 at 3:56






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

    – Pablo Bianchi
    Jan 4 at 23:04













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Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + /> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in Linux itself, not the desktop environment.



I can change the brightness in Windows OS, so it's not some kind of hardware fault.




Details:

          Lenovo B570 (Model Name: 20093)

          Integrated Intel HD graphics card

          Kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-10-generic, KDE 4.7.0), everything up to date

          No proprietary graphics drivers (only Wi-Fi one)



What I've tried:



  • Edit /etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: acpi_osi=Linux, acpi_backlight=vendor, nomodeset. And yes, I did update-grub

  • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (no such file, even after sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg)

  • Edit /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness (no such file)


  • sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=XX (no effect)


  • xbacklight -set XX ("No outputs have backlight property")

How can I fix this issue?










share|improve this question
















Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + /> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in Linux itself, not the desktop environment.



I can change the brightness in Windows OS, so it's not some kind of hardware fault.




Details:

          Lenovo B570 (Model Name: 20093)

          Integrated Intel HD graphics card

          Kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-10-generic, KDE 4.7.0), everything up to date

          No proprietary graphics drivers (only Wi-Fi one)



What I've tried:



  • Edit /etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: acpi_osi=Linux, acpi_backlight=vendor, nomodeset. And yes, I did update-grub

  • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (no such file, even after sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg)

  • Edit /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness (no such file)


  • sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=XX (no effect)


  • xbacklight -set XX ("No outputs have backlight property")

How can I fix this issue?







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  • 1





    This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

    – Oleh Prypin
    Oct 13 '11 at 17:59






  • 5





    This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

    – Mittenchops
    May 21 '12 at 21:17











  • And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

    – Diego
    Apr 25 '16 at 3:56






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

    – Pablo Bianchi
    Jan 4 at 23:04












  • 1





    This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

    – Oleh Prypin
    Oct 13 '11 at 17:59






  • 5





    This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

    – Mittenchops
    May 21 '12 at 21:17











  • And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

    – Diego
    Apr 25 '16 at 3:56






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

    – Pablo Bianchi
    Jan 4 at 23:04







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1





This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

– Oleh Prypin
Oct 13 '11 at 17:59





This has been fixed in Ubuntu 11.10!

– Oleh Prypin
Oct 13 '11 at 17:59




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5





This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

– Mittenchops
May 21 '12 at 21:17





This appears broken again in Ubuntu 12.04.

– Mittenchops
May 21 '12 at 21:17













And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

– Diego
Apr 25 '16 at 3:56





And Ubuntu 16.04 still.

– Diego
Apr 25 '16 at 3:56




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Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 4 at 23:04





Possible duplicate of How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)?

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Jan 4 at 23:04










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Try this. It worked for my Ubuntu 14, Lenovo B570, Intel Graphics.



Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:



sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.



sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



Add the following lines to this file:



Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"

EndSection


Save it. Log out and log in back.






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  • Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

    – Andrew
    Jul 4 '15 at 18:48






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    Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

    – towi
    Sep 4 '16 at 18:36











  • This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

    – Galen
    Jan 27 '17 at 19:17






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    This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

    – Elliot Gorokhovsky
    Jul 29 '17 at 19:19


















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If the GUI tools fail, try to use the terminal for it.



  1. Open a terminal



  2. Run: ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness. Example output would be:



    /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



  3. If nothing is found, the kernel does not support brightness control (missing drivers?). Otherwise, you can use the below commands (replace acpi_video0 accordingly):




    • Get the current brightness level:



      cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



    • Get the maximum brightness level:



      cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness


    These commands return brightness levels which ranges from zero to max_brightness (see above).




  4. To change the brightness level, you need to write a number to the brightness file. This cannot be done by an editor like gedit. Say you want to change your brightness to 5, you have to run:



    echo 5 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


    Alternatively, if you just want to set the brightness level to the highest available:



    sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness < /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness






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    Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

    – Oleh Prypin
    Aug 18 '11 at 12:24












  • @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

    – YumYumYum
    Sep 20 '11 at 11:24






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    Changes are realtime.

    – Lekensteyn
    Sep 20 '11 at 13:50











  • Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

    – Galen
    Jan 27 '17 at 19:27











  • @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

    – Lekensteyn
    Jan 27 '17 at 21:03


















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  1. Install linux-kamal-mjgbacklight - a patch for Linux kernel.



    • Check whether it will work for you:
      lsmod | grep ^i915

      Something like i915 331519 3 should appear. If there's no output, this will not work.

    • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight

    • Install updates (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade)


  2. Reboot.


  3. Now you can use the terminal to adjust brightness, as suggested by Lekensteyn.

    If it's OK for you to change brightness with terminal+sudo, this is the end of the answer.

    If you are on GNOME desktop, brightness may even function fully already.


  4. Download my brightness changer script, allow it to be executed, and put it to /usr/local/bin/:
    wget -O brightness http://ideone.com/plain/yPlo5
    chmod +x brightness
    sudo mv brightness /usr/local/bin



  5. We have to allow the brightness file to be edited, so that sudo isn't needed everywhere.

    Also, we want to make the brightness setting restore itself to the previous setting when the system boots (it is not saved by default, unfortunately).



    The mentioned brightness script can handle it all (with restore parameter), just add it to autorun.

    To do this we will edit /etc/rc.local (sudo nano /etc/rc.local or any editor instead of nano).

    Add the following line before the exit 0 line:
    /usr/local/bin/brightness restore



  6. It is best to reboot now.



  7. So the brightness script works. You may go to terminal any time and type these:




    • brightness - get current brightness setting


    • brightness value - set the brightness to value


    • brightness inc step, brightness dec step - increase or decrease the brightness by step (if it's not specified, a default value is used from the configuration file, usually 10% of maximal brightness)



  8. Now you might want to map brightness change to your hotkeys.



    • Set XF86BrightnessUp to brightness inc

    • Set XF86BrightnessDown to brightness dec


  9. If you want to tweak something, make sure to look at /etc/bx_brightness.conf

    You can change the step by which brightness is changed with brightness inc/dec



Thanks to Toz for his priceless help in this thread.






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    This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

    – Oleh Prypin
    Oct 13 '11 at 17:59


















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I think I found an easy and least effect to the existed things' way for adjusting intel_backlight using udev rules.



I noticed "change" action of "backlight" subsystem when I press Fn+Up/Down on my Lenovo G360 notebook running kernel 3.2. So I wrote a rules of /etc/udev/rules.d/99-writeintelbacklight.rules as below:



ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="/usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh"


Make the shell script /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh contain:



#!/bin/bash

intelmaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
acpimaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness`
scale=`expr $intelmaxbrightness / $acpimaxbrightness`
acpibrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`
newintelbrightness=`expr $acpibrightness * $scale`
curintelbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
if [ "$newintelbrightness" -ne "$curintelbrightness" ]
then
echo $newintelbrightness > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
fi
exit 0


Of course, you need do a sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh.






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    Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

    – littlebat
    Jun 11 '12 at 23:10











  • It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

    – littlebat
    Jun 22 '12 at 4:10



















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This will not get your Fn keys working, but you will be able to assign any other key to adjust brightness.



I tried several of these solutions, but nothing worked for me until I found this little indicator program http://codevanrohde.nl/wordpress/?p=128. With it you can set up hot keys to control brightness, use your mousewheel or select from a drop down list in the indicator. I have replaced 'Fn' with 'Win+Alt' which is very similar for my hands and now I can also use it with an external keyboard!



To add PPA and install:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness


Hot keys should be assigned to:



/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --up


and



/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --down


Footnote: Out of the box, the birghtness indicator recognizes 7 levels of brightness in my system. By adding acpi_backlight=vendor to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, that number is bumped up to 16!






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    I have a lenovo ideapad z400.



    I tried all the TIPS listed above, no success.



    So I found a different one that worked very well :



    Put the following line in /etc/default/grub



    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux resume=/dev/sdYY"


    YY = Swap area, use swapon -s to see you swap device.



    Execute an update-grub as root



    After the reboot the problem was solved.






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    • It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

      – Adriano Rivolli
      Feb 20 '18 at 17:41


















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    I have a Thinkpad T450s with Nvidia graphics and binary drivers on Ubuntu 14.04. In order to get the backlight working I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by adding the following line to the intel device definition (The xorg.conf-file is created when installing the binary drivers):



    Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"


    The complete section is now:



    Section "Device"
    Identifier "intel"
    Driver "intel"
    BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
    Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
    Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
    EndSection





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      This doesn't work for KDE users as it written in https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight




      NOTES FOR KDE DESKTOP USERS



      KDE desktop users: This PPA may NOT fix your backlight control hotkeys: This fix requires a kernel module to supply the new /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface (which will work regardless of your desktop) and also a desktop module to access that interface. For Gnome, the updated gnome-power-manager in this PPA supplies that, but the equivalent for KDE has not yet been developed."




      However you can try a workaround found here.



      That says to type in the terminal echo XXX | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness where XXX is an integer value.



      In my case XXX can be a value from 0 to 4882, but be careful: if you write 0 the screen will be completely black and you'll se nothing.






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        Here is a patch you can do.



        Create this script with the name .modificarBrillo.sh (in my case I created it in my home folder: ~/.modificarBrillo.sh)



        #!/bin/bash
        if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo "ERROR: Tiene que introducir un parámetro: "a" para aumentar o "d" para disminuir"
        exit
        else
        if [ "$1" != "a" ] && [ "$1" != "d" ]; then
        echo "ERROR: el parámetro de entrada sólo puede ser o "a" para aumentar el brillo o "d" para disminuirlo"
        exit
        fi
        fi
        MAX_BRILLO=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
        MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO="0"
        MIN_BRILLO="100" #el brillo mínimo puede ser 0 pero eso deja la pantalla completamente a oscuras
        INTERVALO=`expr $MAX_BRILLO - $MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO`
        INTERVALO=`expr $INTERVALO / 10`
        brillo=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
        if [ "$1" = "a" ]; then
        let "brillo = brillo + INTERVALO"
        if [ "$brillo" -gt "$MAX_BRILLO" ]; then
        let "brillo = MAX_BRILLO"
        fi
        else
        let "brillo = brillo - INTERVALO"
        if [ "$brillo" -lt "$MIN_BRILLO" ]; then
        let "brillo = MIN_BRILLO"
        fi
        fi
        echo "$brillo" | tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


        However as the previous script needs execution permission and /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness can only be edited by root and you have to execute in terminal:



        chmod a+x ~/.modificarBrillo.sh
        sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`


        The last command has to be executed every startup because the permissions of the brightness file are renewed with the startup. For doing so sudo vim /etc/rc.local and add the command sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness before the "exit 0" line



        Finally you should install xbindkeys to assgin the Function key to execute the script.



        In my case I add the lines to the configuration file ~/.xbindkeysrc



        #Aumentar brillo
        "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh a"
        m:0x0 + c:233
        XF86MonBrightnessUp

        #Disminuir brillo
        "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh d"
        XF86MonBrightnessDown


        But you could also install the program xbindkeys-config to do the proccess graphically.






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          Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add
          pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor after
          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"



          Then the whole line will look like this:



          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"


          For more detail visit this link.






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            I had the same issue, I am using Gnome3.10 in ubuntu 14.04 ( Unity). I installed tlp for temperature control in my laptop. I just removed 'tlp' and I rebooted my system and I am able to adjust screen brightness using function(fn) + arrow keys.



            It might help check it once.






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              Had same problem (apparently) with a Lenovo IP G50-70. - In fact, none of the function keys 'appeared' to work. Eventually in the Bios I found a 'Hotkey' enable/disable function. Paradoxically, it was 'Enabled', but this in fact enables a single key press operation for the function keys. In fact, if you use the traditional 'Fn + Function keyX' technique, they don't work.



              If you 'Disable' the hotkey function in the Bios, then the function keys work 'as expected' (Fn + Function Keyx). - After doing this, all the function keys worked OK. So much for progress






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                I had to add these lines to grub:



                acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1


                Note that last one. That was the one that made the brightness keys work.






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                  I was having a problem on a Thinkpad W510 running kubuntu 18.04.



                  I found this on a Lenovo forum:



                  tpb - program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys



                  sudo apt-get install tpb


                  Voila! Brightness adjustment keys now work perfectly! I did not even need to log out and back in.






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                    You can use this package to deal with brightness from the command line (terminal), with the xbacklight command.



                    xbacklight Install xbacklight can be installed in the Software Center. Or in the Terminal:



                    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                    you can use



                    • xbacklight -inc <range from 0 to 100> to increase brightness with value < ... >


                    • xbacklight -dec <range from 0 to 100> to decrease brightness with value < ... >






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                      Try this. It worked for my Ubuntu 14, Lenovo B570, Intel Graphics.



                      Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:



                      sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.



                      sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Add the following lines to this file:



                      Section "Device"
                      Identifier "card0"
                      Driver "intel"
                      Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                      BusID "PCI:0:2:0"

                      EndSection


                      Save it. Log out and log in back.






                      share|improve this answer

























                      • Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                        – Andrew
                        Jul 4 '15 at 18:48






                      • 1





                        Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                        – towi
                        Sep 4 '16 at 18:36











                      • This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:17






                      • 2





                        This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                        – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                        Jul 29 '17 at 19:19















                      10














                      Try this. It worked for my Ubuntu 14, Lenovo B570, Intel Graphics.



                      Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:



                      sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.



                      sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Add the following lines to this file:



                      Section "Device"
                      Identifier "card0"
                      Driver "intel"
                      Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                      BusID "PCI:0:2:0"

                      EndSection


                      Save it. Log out and log in back.






                      share|improve this answer

























                      • Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                        – Andrew
                        Jul 4 '15 at 18:48






                      • 1





                        Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                        – towi
                        Sep 4 '16 at 18:36











                      • This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:17






                      • 2





                        This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                        – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                        Jul 29 '17 at 19:19













                      10












                      10








                      10







                      Try this. It worked for my Ubuntu 14, Lenovo B570, Intel Graphics.



                      Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:



                      sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.



                      sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Add the following lines to this file:



                      Section "Device"
                      Identifier "card0"
                      Driver "intel"
                      Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                      BusID "PCI:0:2:0"

                      EndSection


                      Save it. Log out and log in back.






                      share|improve this answer















                      Try this. It worked for my Ubuntu 14, Lenovo B570, Intel Graphics.



                      Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:



                      sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.



                      sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf



                      Add the following lines to this file:



                      Section "Device"
                      Identifier "card0"
                      Driver "intel"
                      Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                      BusID "PCI:0:2:0"

                      EndSection


                      Save it. Log out and log in back.







                      share|improve this answer














                      share|improve this answer



                      share|improve this answer








                      edited Jul 18 '14 at 1:39

























                      answered Jul 18 '14 at 1:33









                      IgnacioIgnacio

                      11613




                      11613












                      • Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                        – Andrew
                        Jul 4 '15 at 18:48






                      • 1





                        Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                        – towi
                        Sep 4 '16 at 18:36











                      • This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:17






                      • 2





                        This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                        – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                        Jul 29 '17 at 19:19

















                      • Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                        – Andrew
                        Jul 4 '15 at 18:48






                      • 1





                        Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                        – towi
                        Sep 4 '16 at 18:36











                      • This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:17






                      • 2





                        This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                        – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                        Jul 29 '17 at 19:19
















                      Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                      – Andrew
                      Jul 4 '15 at 18:48





                      Thank you - This also worked on a Samsung N220 Netbook w/ Integrated Intel Graphics (GMA 3150) running Xubuntu 15.04 "vivid"

                      – Andrew
                      Jul 4 '15 at 18:48




                      1




                      1





                      Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                      – towi
                      Sep 4 '16 at 18:36





                      Nope, that killed my X. had to remove the file in the recovery console again.

                      – towi
                      Sep 4 '16 at 18:36













                      This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                      – Galen
                      Jan 27 '17 at 19:17





                      This does did not work on Lenovo P500.

                      – Galen
                      Jan 27 '17 at 19:17




                      2




                      2





                      This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                      – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                      Jul 29 '17 at 19:19





                      This worked for me on a Thinkpad T460 with Ubuntu 17.04, I just had to log out and then log in.

                      – Elliot Gorokhovsky
                      Jul 29 '17 at 19:19













                      33














                      If the GUI tools fail, try to use the terminal for it.



                      1. Open a terminal



                      2. Run: ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness. Example output would be:



                        /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                      3. If nothing is found, the kernel does not support brightness control (missing drivers?). Otherwise, you can use the below commands (replace acpi_video0 accordingly):




                        • Get the current brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                        • Get the maximum brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness


                        These commands return brightness levels which ranges from zero to max_brightness (see above).




                      4. To change the brightness level, you need to write a number to the brightness file. This cannot be done by an editor like gedit. Say you want to change your brightness to 5, you have to run:



                        echo 5 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


                        Alternatively, if you just want to set the brightness level to the highest available:



                        sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness < /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness






                      share|improve this answer




















                      • 5





                        Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Aug 18 '11 at 12:24












                      • @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                        – YumYumYum
                        Sep 20 '11 at 11:24






                      • 2





                        Changes are realtime.

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Sep 20 '11 at 13:50











                      • Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:27











                      • @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Jan 27 '17 at 21:03















                      33














                      If the GUI tools fail, try to use the terminal for it.



                      1. Open a terminal



                      2. Run: ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness. Example output would be:



                        /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                      3. If nothing is found, the kernel does not support brightness control (missing drivers?). Otherwise, you can use the below commands (replace acpi_video0 accordingly):




                        • Get the current brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                        • Get the maximum brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness


                        These commands return brightness levels which ranges from zero to max_brightness (see above).




                      4. To change the brightness level, you need to write a number to the brightness file. This cannot be done by an editor like gedit. Say you want to change your brightness to 5, you have to run:



                        echo 5 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


                        Alternatively, if you just want to set the brightness level to the highest available:



                        sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness < /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness






                      share|improve this answer




















                      • 5





                        Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Aug 18 '11 at 12:24












                      • @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                        – YumYumYum
                        Sep 20 '11 at 11:24






                      • 2





                        Changes are realtime.

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Sep 20 '11 at 13:50











                      • Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:27











                      • @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Jan 27 '17 at 21:03













                      33












                      33








                      33







                      If the GUI tools fail, try to use the terminal for it.



                      1. Open a terminal



                      2. Run: ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness. Example output would be:



                        /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                      3. If nothing is found, the kernel does not support brightness control (missing drivers?). Otherwise, you can use the below commands (replace acpi_video0 accordingly):




                        • Get the current brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                        • Get the maximum brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness


                        These commands return brightness levels which ranges from zero to max_brightness (see above).




                      4. To change the brightness level, you need to write a number to the brightness file. This cannot be done by an editor like gedit. Say you want to change your brightness to 5, you have to run:



                        echo 5 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


                        Alternatively, if you just want to set the brightness level to the highest available:



                        sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness < /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness






                      share|improve this answer















                      If the GUI tools fail, try to use the terminal for it.



                      1. Open a terminal



                      2. Run: ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness. Example output would be:



                        /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                      3. If nothing is found, the kernel does not support brightness control (missing drivers?). Otherwise, you can use the below commands (replace acpi_video0 accordingly):




                        • Get the current brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness



                        • Get the maximum brightness level:



                          cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness


                        These commands return brightness levels which ranges from zero to max_brightness (see above).




                      4. To change the brightness level, you need to write a number to the brightness file. This cannot be done by an editor like gedit. Say you want to change your brightness to 5, you have to run:



                        echo 5 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


                        Alternatively, if you just want to set the brightness level to the highest available:



                        sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness < /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness







                      share|improve this answer














                      share|improve this answer



                      share|improve this answer








                      edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23









                      Community

                      1




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                      answered Aug 18 '11 at 12:20









                      LekensteynLekensteyn

                      123k49270361




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                      • 5





                        Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Aug 18 '11 at 12:24












                      • @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                        – YumYumYum
                        Sep 20 '11 at 11:24






                      • 2





                        Changes are realtime.

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Sep 20 '11 at 13:50











                      • Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:27











                      • @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Jan 27 '17 at 21:03












                      • 5





                        Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Aug 18 '11 at 12:24












                      • @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                        – YumYumYum
                        Sep 20 '11 at 11:24






                      • 2





                        Changes are realtime.

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Sep 20 '11 at 13:50











                      • Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                        – Galen
                        Jan 27 '17 at 19:27











                      • @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                        – Lekensteyn
                        Jan 27 '17 at 21:03







                      5




                      5





                      Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                      – Oleh Prypin
                      Aug 18 '11 at 12:24






                      Sure there are some problems with drivers! If this command line stuff worked, GUI would work too. But of course it does not work – _

                      – Oleh Prypin
                      Aug 18 '11 at 12:24














                      @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                      – YumYumYum
                      Sep 20 '11 at 11:24





                      @Lekensteyn: [did not worked, 11.04 Ubuntu using] - I have tried a lot but it did not worked realtime. Did you mean when changing this it will show live or after reboot?

                      – YumYumYum
                      Sep 20 '11 at 11:24




                      2




                      2





                      Changes are realtime.

                      – Lekensteyn
                      Sep 20 '11 at 13:50





                      Changes are realtime.

                      – Lekensteyn
                      Sep 20 '11 at 13:50













                      Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                      – Galen
                      Jan 27 '17 at 19:27





                      Even as super user I could not change the brightness level using tee. Why might that be?

                      – Galen
                      Jan 27 '17 at 19:27













                      @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                      – Lekensteyn
                      Jan 27 '17 at 21:03





                      @Galen If you have not made a mistake in writing to the file, then it could be a model-specfic issue. Try reporting it as bug or search for your laptop model and "linux backlight".

                      – Lekensteyn
                      Jan 27 '17 at 21:03











                      9















                      1. Install linux-kamal-mjgbacklight - a patch for Linux kernel.



                        • Check whether it will work for you:
                          lsmod | grep ^i915

                          Something like i915 331519 3 should appear. If there's no output, this will not work.

                        • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight

                        • Install updates (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade)


                      2. Reboot.


                      3. Now you can use the terminal to adjust brightness, as suggested by Lekensteyn.

                        If it's OK for you to change brightness with terminal+sudo, this is the end of the answer.

                        If you are on GNOME desktop, brightness may even function fully already.


                      4. Download my brightness changer script, allow it to be executed, and put it to /usr/local/bin/:
                        wget -O brightness http://ideone.com/plain/yPlo5
                        chmod +x brightness
                        sudo mv brightness /usr/local/bin



                      5. We have to allow the brightness file to be edited, so that sudo isn't needed everywhere.

                        Also, we want to make the brightness setting restore itself to the previous setting when the system boots (it is not saved by default, unfortunately).



                        The mentioned brightness script can handle it all (with restore parameter), just add it to autorun.

                        To do this we will edit /etc/rc.local (sudo nano /etc/rc.local or any editor instead of nano).

                        Add the following line before the exit 0 line:
                        /usr/local/bin/brightness restore



                      6. It is best to reboot now.



                      7. So the brightness script works. You may go to terminal any time and type these:




                        • brightness - get current brightness setting


                        • brightness value - set the brightness to value


                        • brightness inc step, brightness dec step - increase or decrease the brightness by step (if it's not specified, a default value is used from the configuration file, usually 10% of maximal brightness)



                      8. Now you might want to map brightness change to your hotkeys.



                        • Set XF86BrightnessUp to brightness inc

                        • Set XF86BrightnessDown to brightness dec


                      9. If you want to tweak something, make sure to look at /etc/bx_brightness.conf

                        You can change the step by which brightness is changed with brightness inc/dec



                      Thanks to Toz for his priceless help in this thread.






                      share|improve this answer




















                      • 1





                        This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Oct 13 '11 at 17:59















                      9















                      1. Install linux-kamal-mjgbacklight - a patch for Linux kernel.



                        • Check whether it will work for you:
                          lsmod | grep ^i915

                          Something like i915 331519 3 should appear. If there's no output, this will not work.

                        • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight

                        • Install updates (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade)


                      2. Reboot.


                      3. Now you can use the terminal to adjust brightness, as suggested by Lekensteyn.

                        If it's OK for you to change brightness with terminal+sudo, this is the end of the answer.

                        If you are on GNOME desktop, brightness may even function fully already.


                      4. Download my brightness changer script, allow it to be executed, and put it to /usr/local/bin/:
                        wget -O brightness http://ideone.com/plain/yPlo5
                        chmod +x brightness
                        sudo mv brightness /usr/local/bin



                      5. We have to allow the brightness file to be edited, so that sudo isn't needed everywhere.

                        Also, we want to make the brightness setting restore itself to the previous setting when the system boots (it is not saved by default, unfortunately).



                        The mentioned brightness script can handle it all (with restore parameter), just add it to autorun.

                        To do this we will edit /etc/rc.local (sudo nano /etc/rc.local or any editor instead of nano).

                        Add the following line before the exit 0 line:
                        /usr/local/bin/brightness restore



                      6. It is best to reboot now.



                      7. So the brightness script works. You may go to terminal any time and type these:




                        • brightness - get current brightness setting


                        • brightness value - set the brightness to value


                        • brightness inc step, brightness dec step - increase or decrease the brightness by step (if it's not specified, a default value is used from the configuration file, usually 10% of maximal brightness)



                      8. Now you might want to map brightness change to your hotkeys.



                        • Set XF86BrightnessUp to brightness inc

                        • Set XF86BrightnessDown to brightness dec


                      9. If you want to tweak something, make sure to look at /etc/bx_brightness.conf

                        You can change the step by which brightness is changed with brightness inc/dec



                      Thanks to Toz for his priceless help in this thread.






                      share|improve this answer




















                      • 1





                        This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Oct 13 '11 at 17:59













                      9












                      9








                      9








                      1. Install linux-kamal-mjgbacklight - a patch for Linux kernel.



                        • Check whether it will work for you:
                          lsmod | grep ^i915

                          Something like i915 331519 3 should appear. If there's no output, this will not work.

                        • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight

                        • Install updates (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade)


                      2. Reboot.


                      3. Now you can use the terminal to adjust brightness, as suggested by Lekensteyn.

                        If it's OK for you to change brightness with terminal+sudo, this is the end of the answer.

                        If you are on GNOME desktop, brightness may even function fully already.


                      4. Download my brightness changer script, allow it to be executed, and put it to /usr/local/bin/:
                        wget -O brightness http://ideone.com/plain/yPlo5
                        chmod +x brightness
                        sudo mv brightness /usr/local/bin



                      5. We have to allow the brightness file to be edited, so that sudo isn't needed everywhere.

                        Also, we want to make the brightness setting restore itself to the previous setting when the system boots (it is not saved by default, unfortunately).



                        The mentioned brightness script can handle it all (with restore parameter), just add it to autorun.

                        To do this we will edit /etc/rc.local (sudo nano /etc/rc.local or any editor instead of nano).

                        Add the following line before the exit 0 line:
                        /usr/local/bin/brightness restore



                      6. It is best to reboot now.



                      7. So the brightness script works. You may go to terminal any time and type these:




                        • brightness - get current brightness setting


                        • brightness value - set the brightness to value


                        • brightness inc step, brightness dec step - increase or decrease the brightness by step (if it's not specified, a default value is used from the configuration file, usually 10% of maximal brightness)



                      8. Now you might want to map brightness change to your hotkeys.



                        • Set XF86BrightnessUp to brightness inc

                        • Set XF86BrightnessDown to brightness dec


                      9. If you want to tweak something, make sure to look at /etc/bx_brightness.conf

                        You can change the step by which brightness is changed with brightness inc/dec



                      Thanks to Toz for his priceless help in this thread.






                      share|improve this answer
















                      1. Install linux-kamal-mjgbacklight - a patch for Linux kernel.



                        • Check whether it will work for you:
                          lsmod | grep ^i915

                          Something like i915 331519 3 should appear. If there's no output, this will not work.

                        • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kamalmostafa/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight

                        • Install updates (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade)


                      2. Reboot.


                      3. Now you can use the terminal to adjust brightness, as suggested by Lekensteyn.

                        If it's OK for you to change brightness with terminal+sudo, this is the end of the answer.

                        If you are on GNOME desktop, brightness may even function fully already.


                      4. Download my brightness changer script, allow it to be executed, and put it to /usr/local/bin/:
                        wget -O brightness http://ideone.com/plain/yPlo5
                        chmod +x brightness
                        sudo mv brightness /usr/local/bin



                      5. We have to allow the brightness file to be edited, so that sudo isn't needed everywhere.

                        Also, we want to make the brightness setting restore itself to the previous setting when the system boots (it is not saved by default, unfortunately).



                        The mentioned brightness script can handle it all (with restore parameter), just add it to autorun.

                        To do this we will edit /etc/rc.local (sudo nano /etc/rc.local or any editor instead of nano).

                        Add the following line before the exit 0 line:
                        /usr/local/bin/brightness restore



                      6. It is best to reboot now.



                      7. So the brightness script works. You may go to terminal any time and type these:




                        • brightness - get current brightness setting


                        • brightness value - set the brightness to value


                        • brightness inc step, brightness dec step - increase or decrease the brightness by step (if it's not specified, a default value is used from the configuration file, usually 10% of maximal brightness)



                      8. Now you might want to map brightness change to your hotkeys.



                        • Set XF86BrightnessUp to brightness inc

                        • Set XF86BrightnessDown to brightness dec


                      9. If you want to tweak something, make sure to look at /etc/bx_brightness.conf

                        You can change the step by which brightness is changed with brightness inc/dec



                      Thanks to Toz for his priceless help in this thread.







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                      edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23









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                      answered Aug 21 '11 at 13:29









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                        This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Oct 13 '11 at 17:59












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                        This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                        – Oleh Prypin
                        Oct 13 '11 at 17:59







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                      1





                      This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                      – Oleh Prypin
                      Oct 13 '11 at 17:59





                      This is no longer needed in Ubuntu 11.10

                      – Oleh Prypin
                      Oct 13 '11 at 17:59











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                      I think I found an easy and least effect to the existed things' way for adjusting intel_backlight using udev rules.



                      I noticed "change" action of "backlight" subsystem when I press Fn+Up/Down on my Lenovo G360 notebook running kernel 3.2. So I wrote a rules of /etc/udev/rules.d/99-writeintelbacklight.rules as below:



                      ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="/usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh"


                      Make the shell script /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh contain:



                      #!/bin/bash

                      intelmaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                      acpimaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness`
                      scale=`expr $intelmaxbrightness / $acpimaxbrightness`
                      acpibrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`
                      newintelbrightness=`expr $acpibrightness * $scale`
                      curintelbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                      if [ "$newintelbrightness" -ne "$curintelbrightness" ]
                      then
                      echo $newintelbrightness > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
                      fi
                      exit 0


                      Of course, you need do a sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh.






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                      • 1





                        Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 11 '12 at 23:10











                      • It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 22 '12 at 4:10
















                      4














                      I think I found an easy and least effect to the existed things' way for adjusting intel_backlight using udev rules.



                      I noticed "change" action of "backlight" subsystem when I press Fn+Up/Down on my Lenovo G360 notebook running kernel 3.2. So I wrote a rules of /etc/udev/rules.d/99-writeintelbacklight.rules as below:



                      ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="/usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh"


                      Make the shell script /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh contain:



                      #!/bin/bash

                      intelmaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                      acpimaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness`
                      scale=`expr $intelmaxbrightness / $acpimaxbrightness`
                      acpibrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`
                      newintelbrightness=`expr $acpibrightness * $scale`
                      curintelbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                      if [ "$newintelbrightness" -ne "$curintelbrightness" ]
                      then
                      echo $newintelbrightness > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
                      fi
                      exit 0


                      Of course, you need do a sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh.






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                      • 1





                        Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 11 '12 at 23:10











                      • It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 22 '12 at 4:10














                      4












                      4








                      4







                      I think I found an easy and least effect to the existed things' way for adjusting intel_backlight using udev rules.



                      I noticed "change" action of "backlight" subsystem when I press Fn+Up/Down on my Lenovo G360 notebook running kernel 3.2. So I wrote a rules of /etc/udev/rules.d/99-writeintelbacklight.rules as below:



                      ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="/usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh"


                      Make the shell script /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh contain:



                      #!/bin/bash

                      intelmaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                      acpimaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness`
                      scale=`expr $intelmaxbrightness / $acpimaxbrightness`
                      acpibrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`
                      newintelbrightness=`expr $acpibrightness * $scale`
                      curintelbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                      if [ "$newintelbrightness" -ne "$curintelbrightness" ]
                      then
                      echo $newintelbrightness > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
                      fi
                      exit 0


                      Of course, you need do a sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh.






                      share|improve this answer















                      I think I found an easy and least effect to the existed things' way for adjusting intel_backlight using udev rules.



                      I noticed "change" action of "backlight" subsystem when I press Fn+Up/Down on my Lenovo G360 notebook running kernel 3.2. So I wrote a rules of /etc/udev/rules.d/99-writeintelbacklight.rules as below:



                      ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="/usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh"


                      Make the shell script /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh contain:



                      #!/bin/bash

                      intelmaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                      acpimaxbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness`
                      scale=`expr $intelmaxbrightness / $acpimaxbrightness`
                      acpibrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`
                      newintelbrightness=`expr $acpibrightness * $scale`
                      curintelbrightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                      if [ "$newintelbrightness" -ne "$curintelbrightness" ]
                      then
                      echo $newintelbrightness > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
                      fi
                      exit 0


                      Of course, you need do a sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/writeintelbacklight.sh.







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                      edited Jan 30 '13 at 15:50









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                      answered Jun 8 '12 at 6:00









                      littlebatlittlebat

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                      • 1





                        Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 11 '12 at 23:10











                      • It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 22 '12 at 4:10













                      • 1





                        Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 11 '12 at 23:10











                      • It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                        – littlebat
                        Jun 22 '12 at 4:10








                      1




                      1





                      Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                      – littlebat
                      Jun 11 '12 at 23:10





                      Added "acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux video.brightness_switch_enabled=1" into grub boot kernel parameters, "Fn + Up/Down" to change brigtness works on my G360. It's no need to write a Udev rules like above.

                      – littlebat
                      Jun 11 '12 at 23:10













                      It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                      – littlebat
                      Jun 22 '12 at 4:10






                      It seems adding only one kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor" also works on my G360 now. But, both methods of adding kernel parameters will stop work occasionly. The detail of my case see: Bug 44809 - [Arrandale backlight] Brightness via RANDR has no effect on Sony VAIO VPCYA1V9E: bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44809

                      – littlebat
                      Jun 22 '12 at 4:10












                      4














                      This will not get your Fn keys working, but you will be able to assign any other key to adjust brightness.



                      I tried several of these solutions, but nothing worked for me until I found this little indicator program http://codevanrohde.nl/wordpress/?p=128. With it you can set up hot keys to control brightness, use your mousewheel or select from a drop down list in the indicator. I have replaced 'Fn' with 'Win+Alt' which is very similar for my hands and now I can also use it with an external keyboard!



                      To add PPA and install:



                      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
                      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness


                      Hot keys should be assigned to:



                      /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --up


                      and



                      /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --down


                      Footnote: Out of the box, the birghtness indicator recognizes 7 levels of brightness in my system. By adding acpi_backlight=vendor to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, that number is bumped up to 16!






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                        4














                        This will not get your Fn keys working, but you will be able to assign any other key to adjust brightness.



                        I tried several of these solutions, but nothing worked for me until I found this little indicator program http://codevanrohde.nl/wordpress/?p=128. With it you can set up hot keys to control brightness, use your mousewheel or select from a drop down list in the indicator. I have replaced 'Fn' with 'Win+Alt' which is very similar for my hands and now I can also use it with an external keyboard!



                        To add PPA and install:



                        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
                        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness


                        Hot keys should be assigned to:



                        /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --up


                        and



                        /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --down


                        Footnote: Out of the box, the birghtness indicator recognizes 7 levels of brightness in my system. By adding acpi_backlight=vendor to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, that number is bumped up to 16!






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                          4












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                          4







                          This will not get your Fn keys working, but you will be able to assign any other key to adjust brightness.



                          I tried several of these solutions, but nothing worked for me until I found this little indicator program http://codevanrohde.nl/wordpress/?p=128. With it you can set up hot keys to control brightness, use your mousewheel or select from a drop down list in the indicator. I have replaced 'Fn' with 'Win+Alt' which is very similar for my hands and now I can also use it with an external keyboard!



                          To add PPA and install:



                          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
                          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness


                          Hot keys should be assigned to:



                          /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --up


                          and



                          /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --down


                          Footnote: Out of the box, the birghtness indicator recognizes 7 levels of brightness in my system. By adding acpi_backlight=vendor to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, that number is bumped up to 16!






                          share|improve this answer















                          This will not get your Fn keys working, but you will be able to assign any other key to adjust brightness.



                          I tried several of these solutions, but nothing worked for me until I found this little indicator program http://codevanrohde.nl/wordpress/?p=128. With it you can set up hot keys to control brightness, use your mousewheel or select from a drop down list in the indicator. I have replaced 'Fn' with 'Win+Alt' which is very similar for my hands and now I can also use it with an external keyboard!



                          To add PPA and install:



                          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
                          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness


                          Hot keys should be assigned to:



                          /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --up


                          and



                          /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/indicator-brightness/indicator-brightness-adjust --down


                          Footnote: Out of the box, the birghtness indicator recognizes 7 levels of brightness in my system. By adding acpi_backlight=vendor to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, that number is bumped up to 16!







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                          edited Apr 21 '14 at 13:38

























                          answered Apr 21 '14 at 2:55









                          joelostblomjoelostblom

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                              I have a lenovo ideapad z400.



                              I tried all the TIPS listed above, no success.



                              So I found a different one that worked very well :



                              Put the following line in /etc/default/grub



                              GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux resume=/dev/sdYY"


                              YY = Swap area, use swapon -s to see you swap device.



                              Execute an update-grub as root



                              After the reboot the problem was solved.






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                              • It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                                – Adriano Rivolli
                                Feb 20 '18 at 17:41















                              4














                              I have a lenovo ideapad z400.



                              I tried all the TIPS listed above, no success.



                              So I found a different one that worked very well :



                              Put the following line in /etc/default/grub



                              GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux resume=/dev/sdYY"


                              YY = Swap area, use swapon -s to see you swap device.



                              Execute an update-grub as root



                              After the reboot the problem was solved.






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                              • It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                                – Adriano Rivolli
                                Feb 20 '18 at 17:41













                              4












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                              4







                              I have a lenovo ideapad z400.



                              I tried all the TIPS listed above, no success.



                              So I found a different one that worked very well :



                              Put the following line in /etc/default/grub



                              GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux resume=/dev/sdYY"


                              YY = Swap area, use swapon -s to see you swap device.



                              Execute an update-grub as root



                              After the reboot the problem was solved.






                              share|improve this answer













                              I have a lenovo ideapad z400.



                              I tried all the TIPS listed above, no success.



                              So I found a different one that worked very well :



                              Put the following line in /etc/default/grub



                              GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux resume=/dev/sdYY"


                              YY = Swap area, use swapon -s to see you swap device.



                              Execute an update-grub as root



                              After the reboot the problem was solved.







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                              answered Aug 17 '15 at 14:44









                              Douglas MugnosDouglas Mugnos

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                              • It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                                – Adriano Rivolli
                                Feb 20 '18 at 17:41

















                              • It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                                – Adriano Rivolli
                                Feb 20 '18 at 17:41
















                              It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                              – Adriano Rivolli
                              Feb 20 '18 at 17:41





                              It worked for me, however, something curious happened. When the brightness is set to the max, the screen shows no brightness (completely dark), any suggestion? Thanks

                              – Adriano Rivolli
                              Feb 20 '18 at 17:41











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                              I have a Thinkpad T450s with Nvidia graphics and binary drivers on Ubuntu 14.04. In order to get the backlight working I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by adding the following line to the intel device definition (The xorg.conf-file is created when installing the binary drivers):



                              Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"


                              The complete section is now:



                              Section "Device"
                              Identifier "intel"
                              Driver "intel"
                              BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
                              Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                              Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
                              EndSection





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                                I have a Thinkpad T450s with Nvidia graphics and binary drivers on Ubuntu 14.04. In order to get the backlight working I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by adding the following line to the intel device definition (The xorg.conf-file is created when installing the binary drivers):



                                Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"


                                The complete section is now:



                                Section "Device"
                                Identifier "intel"
                                Driver "intel"
                                BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
                                Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                                Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
                                EndSection





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                                  I have a Thinkpad T450s with Nvidia graphics and binary drivers on Ubuntu 14.04. In order to get the backlight working I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by adding the following line to the intel device definition (The xorg.conf-file is created when installing the binary drivers):



                                  Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"


                                  The complete section is now:



                                  Section "Device"
                                  Identifier "intel"
                                  Driver "intel"
                                  BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
                                  Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                                  Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
                                  EndSection





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                                  I have a Thinkpad T450s with Nvidia graphics and binary drivers on Ubuntu 14.04. In order to get the backlight working I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by adding the following line to the intel device definition (The xorg.conf-file is created when installing the binary drivers):



                                  Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"


                                  The complete section is now:



                                  Section "Device"
                                  Identifier "intel"
                                  Driver "intel"
                                  BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
                                  Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
                                  Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
                                  EndSection






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                                  answered Feb 5 '16 at 8:46









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                                      This doesn't work for KDE users as it written in https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight




                                      NOTES FOR KDE DESKTOP USERS



                                      KDE desktop users: This PPA may NOT fix your backlight control hotkeys: This fix requires a kernel module to supply the new /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface (which will work regardless of your desktop) and also a desktop module to access that interface. For Gnome, the updated gnome-power-manager in this PPA supplies that, but the equivalent for KDE has not yet been developed."




                                      However you can try a workaround found here.



                                      That says to type in the terminal echo XXX | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness where XXX is an integer value.



                                      In my case XXX can be a value from 0 to 4882, but be careful: if you write 0 the screen will be completely black and you'll se nothing.






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                                        1














                                        This doesn't work for KDE users as it written in https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight




                                        NOTES FOR KDE DESKTOP USERS



                                        KDE desktop users: This PPA may NOT fix your backlight control hotkeys: This fix requires a kernel module to supply the new /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface (which will work regardless of your desktop) and also a desktop module to access that interface. For Gnome, the updated gnome-power-manager in this PPA supplies that, but the equivalent for KDE has not yet been developed."




                                        However you can try a workaround found here.



                                        That says to type in the terminal echo XXX | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness where XXX is an integer value.



                                        In my case XXX can be a value from 0 to 4882, but be careful: if you write 0 the screen will be completely black and you'll se nothing.






                                        share|improve this answer



























                                          1












                                          1








                                          1







                                          This doesn't work for KDE users as it written in https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight




                                          NOTES FOR KDE DESKTOP USERS



                                          KDE desktop users: This PPA may NOT fix your backlight control hotkeys: This fix requires a kernel module to supply the new /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface (which will work regardless of your desktop) and also a desktop module to access that interface. For Gnome, the updated gnome-power-manager in this PPA supplies that, but the equivalent for KDE has not yet been developed."




                                          However you can try a workaround found here.



                                          That says to type in the terminal echo XXX | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness where XXX is an integer value.



                                          In my case XXX can be a value from 0 to 4882, but be careful: if you write 0 the screen will be completely black and you'll se nothing.






                                          share|improve this answer















                                          This doesn't work for KDE users as it written in https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight




                                          NOTES FOR KDE DESKTOP USERS



                                          KDE desktop users: This PPA may NOT fix your backlight control hotkeys: This fix requires a kernel module to supply the new /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface (which will work regardless of your desktop) and also a desktop module to access that interface. For Gnome, the updated gnome-power-manager in this PPA supplies that, but the equivalent for KDE has not yet been developed."




                                          However you can try a workaround found here.



                                          That says to type in the terminal echo XXX | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness where XXX is an integer value.



                                          In my case XXX can be a value from 0 to 4882, but be careful: if you write 0 the screen will be completely black and you'll se nothing.







                                          share|improve this answer














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                                          edited Nov 22 '11 at 2:16









                                          Bruno Pereira

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                                          answered Nov 21 '11 at 18:37









                                          ÁlvaroÁlvaro

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                                              Here is a patch you can do.



                                              Create this script with the name .modificarBrillo.sh (in my case I created it in my home folder: ~/.modificarBrillo.sh)



                                              #!/bin/bash
                                              if [ -z "$1" ]; then
                                              echo "ERROR: Tiene que introducir un parámetro: "a" para aumentar o "d" para disminuir"
                                              exit
                                              else
                                              if [ "$1" != "a" ] && [ "$1" != "d" ]; then
                                              echo "ERROR: el parámetro de entrada sólo puede ser o "a" para aumentar el brillo o "d" para disminuirlo"
                                              exit
                                              fi
                                              fi
                                              MAX_BRILLO=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                                              MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO="0"
                                              MIN_BRILLO="100" #el brillo mínimo puede ser 0 pero eso deja la pantalla completamente a oscuras
                                              INTERVALO=`expr $MAX_BRILLO - $MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO`
                                              INTERVALO=`expr $INTERVALO / 10`
                                              brillo=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                                              if [ "$1" = "a" ]; then
                                              let "brillo = brillo + INTERVALO"
                                              if [ "$brillo" -gt "$MAX_BRILLO" ]; then
                                              let "brillo = MAX_BRILLO"
                                              fi
                                              else
                                              let "brillo = brillo - INTERVALO"
                                              if [ "$brillo" -lt "$MIN_BRILLO" ]; then
                                              let "brillo = MIN_BRILLO"
                                              fi
                                              fi
                                              echo "$brillo" | tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


                                              However as the previous script needs execution permission and /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness can only be edited by root and you have to execute in terminal:



                                              chmod a+x ~/.modificarBrillo.sh
                                              sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`


                                              The last command has to be executed every startup because the permissions of the brightness file are renewed with the startup. For doing so sudo vim /etc/rc.local and add the command sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness before the "exit 0" line



                                              Finally you should install xbindkeys to assgin the Function key to execute the script.



                                              In my case I add the lines to the configuration file ~/.xbindkeysrc



                                              #Aumentar brillo
                                              "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh a"
                                              m:0x0 + c:233
                                              XF86MonBrightnessUp

                                              #Disminuir brillo
                                              "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh d"
                                              XF86MonBrightnessDown


                                              But you could also install the program xbindkeys-config to do the proccess graphically.






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                                                Here is a patch you can do.



                                                Create this script with the name .modificarBrillo.sh (in my case I created it in my home folder: ~/.modificarBrillo.sh)



                                                #!/bin/bash
                                                if [ -z "$1" ]; then
                                                echo "ERROR: Tiene que introducir un parámetro: "a" para aumentar o "d" para disminuir"
                                                exit
                                                else
                                                if [ "$1" != "a" ] && [ "$1" != "d" ]; then
                                                echo "ERROR: el parámetro de entrada sólo puede ser o "a" para aumentar el brillo o "d" para disminuirlo"
                                                exit
                                                fi
                                                fi
                                                MAX_BRILLO=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                                                MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO="0"
                                                MIN_BRILLO="100" #el brillo mínimo puede ser 0 pero eso deja la pantalla completamente a oscuras
                                                INTERVALO=`expr $MAX_BRILLO - $MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO`
                                                INTERVALO=`expr $INTERVALO / 10`
                                                brillo=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                                                if [ "$1" = "a" ]; then
                                                let "brillo = brillo + INTERVALO"
                                                if [ "$brillo" -gt "$MAX_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                let "brillo = MAX_BRILLO"
                                                fi
                                                else
                                                let "brillo = brillo - INTERVALO"
                                                if [ "$brillo" -lt "$MIN_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                let "brillo = MIN_BRILLO"
                                                fi
                                                fi
                                                echo "$brillo" | tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


                                                However as the previous script needs execution permission and /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness can only be edited by root and you have to execute in terminal:



                                                chmod a+x ~/.modificarBrillo.sh
                                                sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`


                                                The last command has to be executed every startup because the permissions of the brightness file are renewed with the startup. For doing so sudo vim /etc/rc.local and add the command sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness before the "exit 0" line



                                                Finally you should install xbindkeys to assgin the Function key to execute the script.



                                                In my case I add the lines to the configuration file ~/.xbindkeysrc



                                                #Aumentar brillo
                                                "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh a"
                                                m:0x0 + c:233
                                                XF86MonBrightnessUp

                                                #Disminuir brillo
                                                "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh d"
                                                XF86MonBrightnessDown


                                                But you could also install the program xbindkeys-config to do the proccess graphically.






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                                                  Here is a patch you can do.



                                                  Create this script with the name .modificarBrillo.sh (in my case I created it in my home folder: ~/.modificarBrillo.sh)



                                                  #!/bin/bash
                                                  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
                                                  echo "ERROR: Tiene que introducir un parámetro: "a" para aumentar o "d" para disminuir"
                                                  exit
                                                  else
                                                  if [ "$1" != "a" ] && [ "$1" != "d" ]; then
                                                  echo "ERROR: el parámetro de entrada sólo puede ser o "a" para aumentar el brillo o "d" para disminuirlo"
                                                  exit
                                                  fi
                                                  fi
                                                  MAX_BRILLO=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                                                  MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO="0"
                                                  MIN_BRILLO="100" #el brillo mínimo puede ser 0 pero eso deja la pantalla completamente a oscuras
                                                  INTERVALO=`expr $MAX_BRILLO - $MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO`
                                                  INTERVALO=`expr $INTERVALO / 10`
                                                  brillo=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                                                  if [ "$1" = "a" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = brillo + INTERVALO"
                                                  if [ "$brillo" -gt "$MAX_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = MAX_BRILLO"
                                                  fi
                                                  else
                                                  let "brillo = brillo - INTERVALO"
                                                  if [ "$brillo" -lt "$MIN_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = MIN_BRILLO"
                                                  fi
                                                  fi
                                                  echo "$brillo" | tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


                                                  However as the previous script needs execution permission and /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness can only be edited by root and you have to execute in terminal:



                                                  chmod a+x ~/.modificarBrillo.sh
                                                  sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`


                                                  The last command has to be executed every startup because the permissions of the brightness file are renewed with the startup. For doing so sudo vim /etc/rc.local and add the command sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness before the "exit 0" line



                                                  Finally you should install xbindkeys to assgin the Function key to execute the script.



                                                  In my case I add the lines to the configuration file ~/.xbindkeysrc



                                                  #Aumentar brillo
                                                  "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh a"
                                                  m:0x0 + c:233
                                                  XF86MonBrightnessUp

                                                  #Disminuir brillo
                                                  "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh d"
                                                  XF86MonBrightnessDown


                                                  But you could also install the program xbindkeys-config to do the proccess graphically.






                                                  share|improve this answer















                                                  Here is a patch you can do.



                                                  Create this script with the name .modificarBrillo.sh (in my case I created it in my home folder: ~/.modificarBrillo.sh)



                                                  #!/bin/bash
                                                  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
                                                  echo "ERROR: Tiene que introducir un parámetro: "a" para aumentar o "d" para disminuir"
                                                  exit
                                                  else
                                                  if [ "$1" != "a" ] && [ "$1" != "d" ]; then
                                                  echo "ERROR: el parámetro de entrada sólo puede ser o "a" para aumentar el brillo o "d" para disminuirlo"
                                                  exit
                                                  fi
                                                  fi
                                                  MAX_BRILLO=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
                                                  MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO="0"
                                                  MIN_BRILLO="100" #el brillo mínimo puede ser 0 pero eso deja la pantalla completamente a oscuras
                                                  INTERVALO=`expr $MAX_BRILLO - $MIN_BRILLO_ABSOLUTO`
                                                  INTERVALO=`expr $INTERVALO / 10`
                                                  brillo=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
                                                  if [ "$1" = "a" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = brillo + INTERVALO"
                                                  if [ "$brillo" -gt "$MAX_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = MAX_BRILLO"
                                                  fi
                                                  else
                                                  let "brillo = brillo - INTERVALO"
                                                  if [ "$brillo" -lt "$MIN_BRILLO" ]; then
                                                  let "brillo = MIN_BRILLO"
                                                  fi
                                                  fi
                                                  echo "$brillo" | tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


                                                  However as the previous script needs execution permission and /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness can only be edited by root and you have to execute in terminal:



                                                  chmod a+x ~/.modificarBrillo.sh
                                                  sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`


                                                  The last command has to be executed every startup because the permissions of the brightness file are renewed with the startup. For doing so sudo vim /etc/rc.local and add the command sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness before the "exit 0" line



                                                  Finally you should install xbindkeys to assgin the Function key to execute the script.



                                                  In my case I add the lines to the configuration file ~/.xbindkeysrc



                                                  #Aumentar brillo
                                                  "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh a"
                                                  m:0x0 + c:233
                                                  XF86MonBrightnessUp

                                                  #Disminuir brillo
                                                  "/home/alvaro/.modificarBrillo.sh d"
                                                  XF86MonBrightnessDown


                                                  But you could also install the program xbindkeys-config to do the proccess graphically.







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                                                      Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add
                                                      pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor after
                                                      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"



                                                      Then the whole line will look like this:



                                                      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"


                                                      For more detail visit this link.






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                                                        Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add
                                                        pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor after
                                                        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"



                                                        Then the whole line will look like this:



                                                        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"


                                                        For more detail visit this link.






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                                                          Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add
                                                          pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor after
                                                          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"



                                                          Then the whole line will look like this:



                                                          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"


                                                          For more detail visit this link.






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                                                          Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add
                                                          pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor after
                                                          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"



                                                          Then the whole line will look like this:



                                                          GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"


                                                          For more detail visit this link.







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                                                              I had the same issue, I am using Gnome3.10 in ubuntu 14.04 ( Unity). I installed tlp for temperature control in my laptop. I just removed 'tlp' and I rebooted my system and I am able to adjust screen brightness using function(fn) + arrow keys.



                                                              It might help check it once.






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                                                                I had the same issue, I am using Gnome3.10 in ubuntu 14.04 ( Unity). I installed tlp for temperature control in my laptop. I just removed 'tlp' and I rebooted my system and I am able to adjust screen brightness using function(fn) + arrow keys.



                                                                It might help check it once.






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                                                                  I had the same issue, I am using Gnome3.10 in ubuntu 14.04 ( Unity). I installed tlp for temperature control in my laptop. I just removed 'tlp' and I rebooted my system and I am able to adjust screen brightness using function(fn) + arrow keys.



                                                                  It might help check it once.






                                                                  share|improve this answer













                                                                  I had the same issue, I am using Gnome3.10 in ubuntu 14.04 ( Unity). I installed tlp for temperature control in my laptop. I just removed 'tlp' and I rebooted my system and I am able to adjust screen brightness using function(fn) + arrow keys.



                                                                  It might help check it once.







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                                                                      Had same problem (apparently) with a Lenovo IP G50-70. - In fact, none of the function keys 'appeared' to work. Eventually in the Bios I found a 'Hotkey' enable/disable function. Paradoxically, it was 'Enabled', but this in fact enables a single key press operation for the function keys. In fact, if you use the traditional 'Fn + Function keyX' technique, they don't work.



                                                                      If you 'Disable' the hotkey function in the Bios, then the function keys work 'as expected' (Fn + Function Keyx). - After doing this, all the function keys worked OK. So much for progress






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                                                                        Had same problem (apparently) with a Lenovo IP G50-70. - In fact, none of the function keys 'appeared' to work. Eventually in the Bios I found a 'Hotkey' enable/disable function. Paradoxically, it was 'Enabled', but this in fact enables a single key press operation for the function keys. In fact, if you use the traditional 'Fn + Function keyX' technique, they don't work.



                                                                        If you 'Disable' the hotkey function in the Bios, then the function keys work 'as expected' (Fn + Function Keyx). - After doing this, all the function keys worked OK. So much for progress






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                                                                          Had same problem (apparently) with a Lenovo IP G50-70. - In fact, none of the function keys 'appeared' to work. Eventually in the Bios I found a 'Hotkey' enable/disable function. Paradoxically, it was 'Enabled', but this in fact enables a single key press operation for the function keys. In fact, if you use the traditional 'Fn + Function keyX' technique, they don't work.



                                                                          If you 'Disable' the hotkey function in the Bios, then the function keys work 'as expected' (Fn + Function Keyx). - After doing this, all the function keys worked OK. So much for progress






                                                                          share|improve this answer













                                                                          Had same problem (apparently) with a Lenovo IP G50-70. - In fact, none of the function keys 'appeared' to work. Eventually in the Bios I found a 'Hotkey' enable/disable function. Paradoxically, it was 'Enabled', but this in fact enables a single key press operation for the function keys. In fact, if you use the traditional 'Fn + Function keyX' technique, they don't work.



                                                                          If you 'Disable' the hotkey function in the Bios, then the function keys work 'as expected' (Fn + Function Keyx). - After doing this, all the function keys worked OK. So much for progress







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                                                                              I had to add these lines to grub:



                                                                              acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1


                                                                              Note that last one. That was the one that made the brightness keys work.






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                                                                                I had to add these lines to grub:



                                                                                acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1


                                                                                Note that last one. That was the one that made the brightness keys work.






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                                                                                  I had to add these lines to grub:



                                                                                  acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1


                                                                                  Note that last one. That was the one that made the brightness keys work.






                                                                                  share|improve this answer













                                                                                  I had to add these lines to grub:



                                                                                  acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1


                                                                                  Note that last one. That was the one that made the brightness keys work.







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                                                                                      I was having a problem on a Thinkpad W510 running kubuntu 18.04.



                                                                                      I found this on a Lenovo forum:



                                                                                      tpb - program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys



                                                                                      sudo apt-get install tpb


                                                                                      Voila! Brightness adjustment keys now work perfectly! I did not even need to log out and back in.






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                                                                                        I was having a problem on a Thinkpad W510 running kubuntu 18.04.



                                                                                        I found this on a Lenovo forum:



                                                                                        tpb - program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys



                                                                                        sudo apt-get install tpb


                                                                                        Voila! Brightness adjustment keys now work perfectly! I did not even need to log out and back in.






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                                                                                          I was having a problem on a Thinkpad W510 running kubuntu 18.04.



                                                                                          I found this on a Lenovo forum:



                                                                                          tpb - program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys



                                                                                          sudo apt-get install tpb


                                                                                          Voila! Brightness adjustment keys now work perfectly! I did not even need to log out and back in.






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                                                                                          I was having a problem on a Thinkpad W510 running kubuntu 18.04.



                                                                                          I found this on a Lenovo forum:



                                                                                          tpb - program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys



                                                                                          sudo apt-get install tpb


                                                                                          Voila! Brightness adjustment keys now work perfectly! I did not even need to log out and back in.







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                                                                                              You can use this package to deal with brightness from the command line (terminal), with the xbacklight command.



                                                                                              xbacklight Install xbacklight can be installed in the Software Center. Or in the Terminal:



                                                                                              sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                                                                                              you can use



                                                                                              • xbacklight -inc <range from 0 to 100> to increase brightness with value < ... >


                                                                                              • xbacklight -dec <range from 0 to 100> to decrease brightness with value < ... >






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                                                                                                You can use this package to deal with brightness from the command line (terminal), with the xbacklight command.



                                                                                                xbacklight Install xbacklight can be installed in the Software Center. Or in the Terminal:



                                                                                                sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                                                                                                you can use



                                                                                                • xbacklight -inc <range from 0 to 100> to increase brightness with value < ... >


                                                                                                • xbacklight -dec <range from 0 to 100> to decrease brightness with value < ... >






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                                                                                                  You can use this package to deal with brightness from the command line (terminal), with the xbacklight command.



                                                                                                  xbacklight Install xbacklight can be installed in the Software Center. Or in the Terminal:



                                                                                                  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                                                                                                  you can use



                                                                                                  • xbacklight -inc <range from 0 to 100> to increase brightness with value < ... >


                                                                                                  • xbacklight -dec <range from 0 to 100> to decrease brightness with value < ... >






                                                                                                  share|improve this answer















                                                                                                  You can use this package to deal with brightness from the command line (terminal), with the xbacklight command.



                                                                                                  xbacklight Install xbacklight can be installed in the Software Center. Or in the Terminal:



                                                                                                  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                                                                                                  you can use



                                                                                                  • xbacklight -inc <range from 0 to 100> to increase brightness with value < ... >


                                                                                                  • xbacklight -dec <range from 0 to 100> to decrease brightness with value < ... >







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