*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 251665 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251665
Can you start the following script after the graphical login and see if you can set the brightness manually (start with the i option): #!/bin/bash while true; do clear echo "up = Screen Brightness Up" echo "down = Screen Brightness Down" echo "i = Initialize Hardware" echo "q = Quit" read -s -n1 key clear case "$key" in $'\033') read -s -n1 key; read -s -n1 key case "$key" in A) xbacklight -time 0 -steps 1 -inc 10 2>/tmp/sonybright.log ;; B) xbacklight -time 0 -steps 1 -dec 10 2>/tmp/sonybright.log ;; esac ;; i) xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native ;; q) clear exit 0 ;; esac done -- vaio VGN-Z21WN brightness problem on 8.10 intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301802 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs