I did a clean install with updates of Gutsy x86_64 on a new Sony Vaio
VGN-NR160 laptop. Screen backlight control is non-functional from both
the gnome desktop applet and the brightness applet on the launcher
panel. "lsmod" show the sony-laptop module is loading. I have only a
generic directory "ac
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1688018 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688018
I am affected by this bug as well.
* Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 AMD64 w most recent patches
* network-manager 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
* dnsmasq 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.4
Goth Queen's comment in post # 15 resolve