14.04 LTS 64-bit - Cannot Adjust Screen Brightness

Asked by Jesse

I am using an Acer Aspire 5742Z with Intel Ironlake Mobile listed as the graphics.

The slider to adjust screen brightness moves, but the actual screen brightness does not change.

How can I fix this? I've checked relevant threads and cannot find a solution.

Thanks.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Add the boot option:

acpi_osi=Linux

Source:
http://www.linlap.com/acer_aspire_5742

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Jesse (j-reimer) said :
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Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Really!? That link took me 5 seconds to find....