Hi, I have a dell inspiron N7010, and this PPA fixed my backlight problem in Maverick; however, not in natty. The backlight interface is created, but is not controled by Gnome 2.32.1.
uname -a Linux Rebuild 2.6.38-9-generic #43+kamal~mjgbacklight4-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 29 04:33:59 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux with dell_laptop.backlight=0 ls /sys/class/backlight/ intel_backlight without dell_laptop.backlight=0 ls /sys/class/backlight/ dell_backlight intel_backlight if I write a value to /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness, the backlight does change -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568611 Title: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs