Well my friends have been facing brightness problem in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. And every one were facing and asking me to help me out with it. So, I viewed all over the Internet and helped them out. I helped with it myself too in Dell XPS 13. And for friends Acer Aspire, HP Pavilion DV6. So it might work on most of all the PCs.
My friends were just trying the xrand solution that just decreases the Contrast which had no effect on the power consumption. So, this solution was the most to be kept. I am feeling quite when the Fn(Function key) and the Brightness Up and Down are working great. You can follow up the procedure that I have kept in an easy steps.
Open terminal ( Ctrl+Alt+T ) and type:
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
You will find this line in the new opened window:
Change it to:
Save and close the window and type this in the terminal:
sudo update-grub
This will update your grub and while rebooting your PC, it will set an extra parameter on the grub menu during boot. This problem might have occur on due to the upgrade on kernel.
Enjoy the power saving system.
Hi
I tried the above changes to try and fix the brightness problem and it did not work. I have a Dell XPS L702X.
Still the same problem of not being able to adjust the brightness even after implementing the changes.
Have you tried on your laptop this solution? : http://www.techjail.net/solved-dell-xps-1315-problem-brightness-single-tap-touch-scroll.html
It was specially designed for XPS editions. Just follow the instructions. 🙂
tried this on my vaio…nothing happened 🙁
Really? But my most of the friends are good with this but I couldn’t test on Vaio cause non have that one 🙁
It works with HP dv6-6b53er (i5 2430m + 6770m). Thank you.
Thank You a lot! It works fine on a Toshiba Tecra M11 running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. 🙂
Thank you so much. Worked on my DV6TQE 6100 CTO. Although I have a system error reporting something along the lines of gnu_color?
I am not sure about that. Never faced that problem. Will try to replicate that problem. Try reporting on Ubuntu they will provide a simple Kernel Patch next time on the Synaptic updates.
THAAAAAANK YOOOU!
it helped inna HP 450 as well
i added acpi_osi=linux and the brightness n volume keys (those that works pressing Fn key) started working too
Thank you I tried your solution and it worked on my Toshiba L305-s5919 laptop.
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Not working on Toshiba L855.
This setting even removed the backlight controller from the system settings, and I can’t do anything with function keys.
Any ideas about what value I could use instead “vendor”?
You may get some help from here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Backlight
This solution worked great on my HP pavillion DV6 laptop running ubuntu 12.04. Thanks!
After sudo update-grub, I get
“/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 11: /etc/default/grub: splash: not found”
Any thoughts?
I am not quiet sure but why have you done grub update?
in the Above post please note that the auto ” is somewhat changed so the error occurs. Please correct the “Quote” thing to the original quote.
Thank you!!!!!!
It helped me to solve a problem that I thought was insoluble
Works like a charm with my Notebook LG R580 and Ubuntu 12.10… THANK YOU!!! 😀
Oh, I THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Indeed battery indicator also shows now much more time remaining – we will see if it keeps to promise. 😉
Thank you very very much!!!
Thank you so much…it work for Lenovo Z360
Thanks!! I’ve been trying to solve this problem and only this works on my Gateway M-Series.
thanks 🙂 work with acer aspire 5742
3 words: Oh My Goodness!
After all the stupid stupidest stupidier workarounds in rc.local and LMT, all it took was adding simple: quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor to grub! From now on, any increase/decrease in brightness through user interaction is kept…NO MORE RE-ADJUSTING! Woohoo!
You, my man, are a Ubuntu Savior! I believe this change will work on most laptops with Intel HD3000+
Thank you and thanks God!
YES!!! Thank you so much!!! on my HP Pavilion dv6 (w/ Beats audio)
This solved my problem in half. My brightness was just out of control and I could not control it at all and the computer was working really hard. Now I can control the brightness bar, the computer does not get crazy anymore, but the brightness does not change. It’s at the minimum.
Ok, that must have solved the problem. Wait for the latest update of kernel and hope for the best. If available, try updating with Kernel 3.9 if you want some fun.
Can’t open “sudo gedit/etc/default/grub”.
error: command not found
please help
you forgot the “” the command looks as:
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
you mistakely typed “gedit/etc/default/grub”
not working on acer 5750.. plz help
What exactly does it shows or what exactly happens?
I changed the line in grub. Updated it but still not working. i’m not getting an errors, it just not working.
What PC is yours actually?
Doesn’t work on Asus a55vd. The combinations fn+f5 and fn+f6 are just dump now.
If any problem occured, you can just restore the default file and update the grub again to get everything back.
It works on Packard Bell dot s!
NICE! Works on Dell Studio 1745
Thanks very much for this solution! It worked on my Gateway NV57h44u (Intel HD 3000 graphics). Much appreciated!
Top notch! Success on a Samsung NC210! Thanks for the expertise!
Sadly, this fucked up my Dell Inspiron 15r 3521 > Ubuntu 12.04 stuck in boot.
“end_request : I/O error, dev sda, sector xxxxxxx”
Hi, that shouldn’t have happened. because if you got really really stuck, it should have a prompt called “grub>” rather the error.
I hate to tell the error description but kindly read the error description here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/176778/12-04-crashes-and-get-i-o-error-dev-sda-sector-xxx-in-console-mode
Please insert a new USB stick and try to fix up the Grub. may be here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows)
TO fix it, i went into Grub while starting up keep pressing 1 key on keyboard.
It opened up GRUB 1.99.
I scanned for all system files and then updated Grub bootloader from the same menu.
Now I dont have graphics in my machine. trying to downlaod graphics now..
http://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-fglrx/126513#126513
Thanks for the reply.. I guess that work when you install your original graphics driver..
This worked for me today (04-Apr-2014) on a Dell Inspiron 15 3521 in Linux Mint 16 (Petra). There was no problem on reboot.
It almost works.
Laptop: Asus UL80VT
Ubuntu: 12.04.3 LTS
Kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic
I have to reboot after changing brightness. No effect without rebooting.
Yes you obviously need to restart your laptop 🙂 good to hear it worked
I mean the Fn + Brightness Up/Down keys don’t work properly. I adjust the brightness, and it takes effect only after rebooting. So, modifying Grub is not enough in my case.
That’s a strange case I have seen. Actually how do you adjust your brightness?
I erased GRUB and restored it again because Windows restarted right after its logo had appeared. I thought Ubuntu had caused the issue. But it didn’t.
After all, I can adjust brightness through settings. If I press Fn + F5/F6 (Brightness Down/Up), nothing will happen. It’s strange, but adjusting through settings suites me.
The line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor”
what buttons are for brightness up/down?
FN+f4/f5 in my dell
Thank you a lot ! That bright light just hurt my eyes, now its just perfect !
thanks!
Great Man..you saved me..
WORKS FINE ON DELL INSPIRON 5110, INTEL HD 3000 GRAPHICS, UBUNTU 13.10
After applying this and rebooting. I was stuck with error messages about READ FPDMA QUEUED. I managed to fix it in recovery mode by undoing this. Very strange!
supreb and worked no softwar are need you rocking man
Works fantastic with Gateway M-6804m Notebook, thank you so much.
Thanks, it worked like a charm on my Dell Latitude 3540 using ubuntu 12.04.4 !
Thank you. Works hp probook 430 g1
very thanks! it works in acer 4750g
this is not work for my
Linux lenovo-Ideapad-Z570 3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
with
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
i have also nvdia gpu… I have the recommended drivers but a am not sure tha it works properly…
may be installing hardware driver may fix for such graphics drivers?
Thank you man! Works like a charm after doing this method and a reboot for my Packard Bell Easynote!
Its not Working on my HP pavillion DV6.
I hv installed ubuntu12.04 along with windows 8.
after making chnges given above when i try the UPDATE-GRUB command it gives me a bunch of errors saying that: cannot seek ‘/dev/sda’
do you have any Idea about this scenario…???
another thing ..
Am I supposed to change the word “vendor” with HP or ACCER??? or it should remain vendor..???
Can you try ubuntuforums/askubuntu for the solution? Never experienced the problem
Thanks!!!
It get solved automatically…
Thanks,
It work with Lenovo g480
works on dell 5520. Dual booting windows 8.1 and ubuntu 14
+1 for lenovo g480. thanks guy!
It doesn’t work for me. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2262622&p=13215924#post13215924
Initially I found another blog post but they omitted the *sudo update-grub* command. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thankyou you saved my eyes…
Did all these and rebooted.. it doesn’t work for me ! And I should mention that this problem wasn’t there initially on my asusx552c
It didn’t work on my asus but then I found this:
Instead of “quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor” if I put this “acpi_osi=” it works perfectly.
Found the solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2105831
Thanks! Work with openSuSE 13.2 in HP Envy 15 k212la
adding acpi_osi=” fixed the issue with an Acer Aspire 5734Z with Intel GMA 4500M graphics, thanks for sharing
its not worked for my asus u82u with radeon hd 6320