** Description changed:

  1) lsb_release -rd
- Description:  Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
- Release:      11.10
+ Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
+ Release: 11.10
  
- 2)  uname -r
+ 2) uname -r
  3.0.0-12-generic-pae
  
  apt-cache policy xfce4-power-manager-plugins
  xfce4-power-manager-plugins:
-   Installed: 1.0.10-4
-   Candidate: 1.0.10-4
-   Version table:
-  *** 1.0.10-4 0
-         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+   Installed: 1.0.10-4
+   Candidate: 1.0.10-4
+   Version table:
+  *** 1.0.10-4 0
+         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  3) What is expected to happen when one presses the Fn key and the Left
  or Right arrow, the brightness goes up or down respectively.
  
  4) What happens is the brightness does not change and remains at 100% no
- matter what. Following the debug info
+ matter what.
+ 
+ WORKAROUND: Changing /etc/default/grub from:
+ 
+ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
+ 
+ to:
+ 
+ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"
+ 
+ save, sudo update-grub then restarting allowed brightness applet or
+ keyboard Fn and Right or Left to change brightness.
+ 
+ Following the debug info
  at:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Debugging/Backlight
  
  this issue falls into the "Backlight control does not work, but there
  are entries in /sys/class/backlight" category.
  
  lsmod | grep thinkpad_acpi
  
  does not yield any information.
  
  No such path as: /proc/acpi/video
  
  Attempting to follow: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BIOSandUbuntu#Buggy%20DSDT
  fails partially as iasl is not an available package in 11.10:
  
  apt-cache policy iasl
  N: Unable to locate package iasl
  
  However:
  
  sudo acpidump -o acpidump.txt && acpixtract acpidump.txt
- Acpi table [DSDT] -  36436 bytes written to DSDT.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] -   3010 bytes written to SSDT1.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] -   2316 bytes written to SSDT2.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] -   2454 bytes written to SSDT3.dat
+ Acpi table [DSDT] - 36436 bytes written to DSDT.dat
+ Acpi table [SSDT] - 3010 bytes written to SSDT1.dat
+ Acpi table [SSDT] - 2316 bytes written to SSDT2.dat
+ Acpi table [SSDT] - 2454 bytes written to SSDT3.dat
  
  (Please see attached acpixtract.zip). Also, please see attached
  results.log for sudo fwts and sudo fwts method.
  
  Changing the "xfce4-brightness-plugin 1.0.10" to half way down goes
  from:
  
  /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight$ grep . 
/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/*
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/bl_power:0
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/type:firmware
  
  to:
  
  /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight$ grep . 
/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/*
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness:5
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/bl_power:0
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness:5
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/type:firmware
  
  Clicking on keyboard Fn and Left arrow together once goes from:
  
  /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight$ grep . 
/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/*
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/bl_power:0
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/type:firmware
  
  to:
  
  grep . /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/*
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness:7
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/bl_power:0
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness:7
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness:9
  /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/type:firmware
  
  dmesg|grep 'ACPI: Video'
- [    4.181103] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
+ [ 4.181103] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
  
  lspci |grep VGA
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core 
Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic-pae 3.0.0-12.19
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices:
-  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
-  card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
-    Subdevices: 1/1
-    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
+  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
+  card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
+    Subdevices: 1/1
+    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
-  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
-  /dev/snd/controlC0:  moniker    1750 F.... xfce4-volumed
-                       moniker    1798 F.... pulseaudio
+  USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0: moniker 1750 F.... xfce4-volumed
+                       moniker 1798 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
-  Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc0700000 irq 50'
-    Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
-    Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10250504,00100100 
HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
-    Controls      : 20
-    Simple ctrls  : 11
+  Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc0700000 irq 50'
+    Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
+    Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10250504,00100100 
HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
+    Controls : 20
+    Simple ctrls : 11
  Date: Fri Sep 30 06:05:13 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.3)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5750
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae 
root=UUID=af001e50-f2b3-44af-a197-164b20aa8c44 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
-  linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae N/A
-  linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae  N/A
-  linux-firmware                                1.60
+  linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae N/A
+  linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae N/A
+  linux-firmware 1.60
  RfKill:
-  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
-   Soft blocked: no
-   Hard blocked: no
+  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
+   Soft blocked: no
+   Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: mei
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
  dmi.bios.version: V1.05
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: JE50_HR
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.05
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd02/11/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire5750:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnJE50_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.05:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5750
  dmi.product.version: V1.05
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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