This is still an issue with Natty. The brightness control buttons cause the brightness slider to appear and you can make the slider go up and down, but the screen brightness does not change at all.
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542296 Title: Cannot change brightness Asus UL30VT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/542296/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs