Confirming that the problem still exists with all updates to 2011-03-06 installed. I'll test with Natty alpha 4 this evening.
Melvin, the "acpi_osi= " consistently works for me. Make sure you have a blank space after the equal sign. I put it right after the "splash" in the boot commands. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs