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I have a Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C, which has a Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip. When I use the the Fn keys for changing the brightness, it shows me a nice OSD and sets the value in

/sys/class/backlight/samsung/brightness

However, this doesn't do anything to the actual screen. Instead, I have to

echo $number >> /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness

How do I fix this keybinding?

The same goes for the keyboard illumination, I've found the place in /sys/call/leds/ to set it, but the Fn key combination does diddley-squat.

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  • I've checked with the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog, and the keys do bind to XF86MonBrightnessUp and XF86MonBrightnessDown. Guess I'll have to make my own workaround script if nobody has a solution.
    – user207046
    Nov 18, 2013 at 13:30

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Try changing:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"

in /etc/default/grub. I highly recommend you check out this answer for more details on testing this and then making it permanent. That answer was a solution for the same graphics card that you have.

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  • Already had that flag set. Removing the additional acpi_osi=Linux , running update-grub and rebooting did nothing. I'm noticing in the XFCE "User" settings, the option "can use video devices" is deactivated. If I activate it, a reboot will turn it back off. Guess I'll need documentation on what that dialog actually sets.
    – user207046
    Dec 10, 2013 at 0:44
  • Now, removing the keybinding I had for the X86MonBrightnessUp/Down keys and rebooting once more makes the keys pop up the same OSD as before, changing the wrong brightness which does nothing.
    – user207046
    Dec 10, 2013 at 0:50

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