Sorry for the noise. Only now I saw comment 228.
I added dell_laptop.backlight=0 to kernel start options and it is now working with the standard Oneiric kernel. It was not required to use gnome-settings-daemon from the PPA. Thanks! -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/null/+bug/568611/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs