xrandr says that this machine has xbacklight available, so it's a bug in the intel or nvidia driver. This seems to be a hybrid graphics machine, are you currently using the Intel or the NVidia chip? Could you please try with the other one?
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) => Canonical X.org (canonical-x) ** Package changed: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542296 Title: Cannot change brightness Asus UL30VT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/542296/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs