This is related to the kernel interracting with the bios that "caters to windows 8" this issued shows up after a bios update i was able to get software to control the backlight properly on the 3.6.11 kernel, but not on anything newer than that see the upstream bug report for more info
i never cared for using the fn brightness keys to control my brightness, i only use software to manage it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1138168 Title: Backlight control regression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1138168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
