The adding of acpi_backlight=vendor into grub boot option FIXED the problem in my Dell Inspiron 15R. I'm using the 3.11.0-9-generic 64 bits kernel.
Without the proposed fix, the only way I have found to turn brightness to MAX was setting the config below as ROOT: echo 4882 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness (the previous default value of /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness was 574) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1225811 Title: [Dell Inspiron 15R 5521] Can't toggle backlight brightness To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1225811/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs