Public bug reported:

CID: 201208-11538 Dell Inspiron 3521

This system was certified:
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201208-11538
Brightness control does not work on this system
The brightness level indicator would change with hotkey events, but the 
brightness itself does not.

Debugging information:
ubuntu@201208-11538:~$ ls /sys/class/backlight
acpi_video0  intel_backlight

ubuntu@201208-11538:~$ grep -r . /proc/acpi
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/alarm:alarm:                   unsupported
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:present:                 yes
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:capacity state:          ok
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:charging state:          charged
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:present rate:            unknown
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:remaining capacity:      2437 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:present voltage:         17043 mV
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:present:                 yes
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:design capacity:         2800 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:last full capacity:      2437 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:battery technology:      rechargeable
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:design voltage:          14800 mV
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:design capacity warning: 240 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:design capacity low:     72 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:cycle count:                 0
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:capacity granularity 1:  264 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:capacity granularity 2:  3780 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:model number:            DELL FW1MN27C
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:serial number:           0106
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:battery type:            LiIon
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info:OEM info:                Simplo
/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state:state:      open
/proc/acpi/wakeup:Device        S-state   Status   Sysfs node
/proc/acpi/wakeup:P0P1    S0    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:EHC1    S0    *enabled   pci:0000:00:1d.0
/proc/acpi/wakeup:XHC     S0    *enabled   pci:0000:00:14.0
/proc/acpi/wakeup:RP01    S3    *disabled  pci:0000:00:1c.0
/proc/acpi/wakeup:RP02    S0    *disabled  pci:0000:00:1c.1
/proc/acpi/wakeup:PEG0    S4    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:PEGP    S4    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:PEG1    S4    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:PEG2    S4    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:PEG3    S4    *disabled
/proc/acpi/wakeup:LID0    S3    *enabled 

ubuntu@201208-11538:~$ dmesg | grep 'ACPI: Video'
ubuntu@201208-11538:~$ 

Linux version 3.13.0-32-generic (buildd@phianna) (gcc version 4.6.3
(Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #57~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15
03:51:20 UTC 2014

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic 3.13.0-32.57~precise1 [modified: 
boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57~precise1-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug  7 22:09:38 2014
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 
(20140806)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-lts-trusty
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Anthony Wong (anthonywong)
         Status: New


** Tags: 201208-11538 amd64 apport-bug blocks-hwcert precise running-unity 
taipei-lab

** Attachment added: "DSDT.dsl"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354253/+attachment/4172374/+files/DSDT.dsl

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