Public bug reported: I can not modify the screen brightness in Ubuntu 17.10. Controls aside, the classes in `proc` are either not available or non-functional depending on what arguments I provide in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.
On a parallel installation (Ubuntu 16.04.3), brightness control works flawlessly. System Information ------------------ $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 05) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Skylake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 05) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Skylake Gaussian Mixture Model 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31) 00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 31) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31) 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA controller [AHCI mode] (rev 31) 00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Root Port #17 (rev f1) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev f1) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1) 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1) 00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #13 (rev f1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31) 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31) 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device a171 (rev 31) 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31) 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (5) I219-V (rev 31) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] (rev a2) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fbc (rev a1) 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78) 3e:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961 # with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi_osi=Linux thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=1": $ grep . -R /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/* /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/actual_brightness:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/bl_power:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/brightness:11 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/max_brightness:15 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_active_kids:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_suspended_time:0 grep: /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_enabled:disabled /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_active_time:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/control:auto /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/async:disabled /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_usage:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_status:unsupported grep: warning: /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/subsystem: recursive directory loop /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_active_kids:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_suspended_time:0 grep: /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_enabled:disabled /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_active_time:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/control:auto /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/async:disabled /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_usage:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/power/runtime_status:unsupported /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/max_brightness:15 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/type:platform /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/brightness:11 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/bl_power:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/subsystem/thinkpad_screen/actual_brightness:0 /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen/type:platform 3f:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: acpi brightness lenovo p51 thinkpad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747273 Title: Can not control brightness on Thinkpad P51 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1747273/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs