You can use xfce4-power-manager it is working for me, plus you can have additional benefits like notification on battery low and few more things.
$ sudo apt install xfce4-power-manager You can add automatically start on boot at ~/.config/i3/conf exec xfce4-power-manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638136 Title: xbacklight not working in ubuntu 16.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xbacklight/+bug/1638136/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
