Bugger, looks like we're completely dependent on NVIDIA releasing a binary driver. :-(
Ho hum. In the meantime there are a few useful scripts on the thread mentioned above that can be used to change the screen brightness (by exiting to a terminal, inserting values in proc and then returning to X). As a result I've got a couple in my home dir called (imaginatively) low.sh and high.sh. They contain something like the following: #!/bin/bash chvt 1 echo -n 10 > /proc/acpi/video/NVID/LCD/brightness chvt 7 Now to wait for NVIDIA to get a move on. -- backlight brighness control does not work (Samsung Q45 with Nvidia GForce 8400M) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
