I have the same problem also ob a different partition of same PC with Groovy installed from Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200714)
mao@corrado-n7-gg-0714:~$ inxi -SCMx System: Host: corrado-n7-gg-0714 Kernel: 5.8.0-18-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: N/A Distro: Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 3793 v: N/A serial: <superuser/root required> Mobo: Dell model: 0C1PF2 v: A00 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.0 date: 12/17/2019 CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 6144 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19046 Speed: 1834 MHz min/max: 400/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2946 2: 708 3: 2539 4: 1143 5: 3355 6: 2893 7: 1421 8: 1683 mao@corrado-n7-gg-0714:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893568 Title: [Dell Inspiron 3793] Screen brightness missing Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: gnome-control-center - power - Screen brightness is missing. also on top bar Screen brightness control appears but does nothing. the problem does not happen on same PC, different partition with Ubuntu 20.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.37.90-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu45 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Aug 30 19:47:23 2020 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-28 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200826) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu45 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: corrado 1277 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-28 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200826) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5520 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD Bus 001 Device 002: ID 145f:02a9 Trust Trust Wireless Mouse Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e009 Qualcomm Atheros Communications Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 3793 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=UUID=5266d63d-2387-4de3-8bae-6c9f95af7d6e ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-42-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-42-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.190 Tags: groovy Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.5.0 dmi.board.name: 0C1PF2 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.5.0:bd12/17/2019:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3793:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0C1PF2:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: Inspiron dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3793 dmi.product.sku: 097A dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1893568/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp