Dear Sirs! I am completely newbie in Linux and in Linux Mint in particular. In my case adding Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" clause in xorg.conf did not change anything in brightness.
uname -a Linux Dell-XPS-L702X 4.10.0-38-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:32:20 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Xorg.conf # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 387.22 (buildd@lgw01-amd64-017) Tue Oct 31 00:34:18 UTC 2017 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "LGD" HorizSync 67.0 - 137.0 VertRefresh 60.0 - 119.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce GT 555M" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "Stereo" "0" Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2" Option "metamodes" "DP-1: 1920x1080_120 +0+0, DP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0" Option "SLI" "Off" Option "MultiGPU" "Off" Option "BaseMosaic" "off" Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Please, be so kind, help me in solving that issue. I could not imagine before that impossibility to change display brightness may drive someone crazy. By the way, I performed all steps concerned brightness described at the following topic. To my regret I got no results. https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/display#TOC- Brightness-of-the-display-is-wrong-and-not-adjustable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762670 Title: Laptop brightness on Dell XPS not controllable Status in gnome-power-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: ERROR: Method "GetBrightness" with signature "" on interface "org.freedesktop.UPower.KbdBacklight" doesn't exist The brightness of my laptop's screen is not changed at all when using the Fn-Keys. Ubuntu displays the notification area with the brightness setting displayed, it even shows that the brightness value is changed - but the actual brightness of the screen remains the same at all times! Laptop: Dell XPS 17, Full-HD 3D display, Nvidea graphics. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/762670/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp