Public bug reported: brightness setting used to work out of the box in Lucid they stopped working in maverick (I believe) they still do not work in natty
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Possibly related to acpi-support? $ apt-cache policy acpi-support acpi-support: Installed: 0.138 Candidate: 0.138 Version table: *** 0.138 0 500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What I expect (and used to work in lucid): Brightness changes: -when plugging/unplugging AC adapter -when using Fn+F1/F2 key combinations What happens: none of the above, brightness stays fixed. Also the slider control in Power Management tray app (KDE) has no effect What I can still do: change brightness manually as : echo 15 > /sys/class/backlight/panasonic/brightness My laptop: Panasonic Toughbook CF-T5 Any hint is appreciated! ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: acpi acpi-support brightness panasonic screen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791458 Title: screen brightness control (fn + F1/F2 keys, or KDE power management) do not work any more in natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs