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I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on windows 7. When I use the Fn alongside the key to reduce brightness, or even using the system settings, I am not being able to reduce the screen brightness. What is the problem?

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@JorgeCastro it is sony vaio VPCEH38FN, but i dont know how it shud help – ramanujan_dirac Jun 18 '12 at 13:10
possible duplicate of Brightness doesn't change on Sony laptop – belacqua Nov 3 '12 at 22:36

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Run:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Update these lines:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

... with the following arguments:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"

Then run sudo update-grub and reboot.

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hey..this is not working for me..Instead my Fn key has completely stoppd working, first it showed the brightness bar, but the brightness just didnt reduce..Now, it is not even showing the brightness level when I press the Fn key alongside key to reduce brigtness. – ramanujan_dirac Jun 11 '12 at 5:41
It worked on my system with the 2 modifications on one line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor" – To Do Dec 13 '12 at 14:45
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I have a SONY VPCEG Vaio and to manipulate brightness in Ubuntu. Based on a article that I lost, I use this:

https://github.com/ricardodani/sony-vpc-brightness-linux/blob/master/bright.py

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There is an app for it...Brightness And Lock

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but u dont have the option to reduce or increase the brightness in this app.. – ramanujan_dirac Jun 19 '12 at 14:44
I've edited the answer with a pic...you can see the brightness slider... – deostroll Jun 19 '12 at 14:52
is this in 12.04, cause i am not being able to see one... – ramanujan_dirac Jun 19 '12 at 14:53
post the screenshot of your system settings on some image service like imgur...post that link here – deostroll Jun 19 '12 at 14:56
OK. Hold on deostroll. – ramanujan_dirac Jun 19 '12 at 15:04
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I had the same problem and I solved it as follows.

This page shows how to set up the 3D cube and I am enclosing it because I used the same tool: CompizConfig Settings Manager.

That page tells you what to install and how to do it. Once it's installed, open CompizConfig Settings Manager, go to Accessibility > Opacity. Click on the Brightness and Saturation/*Brightness* tab.

Enable "Increase and Decrease Brightness" and set the key combination for it. Be careful. CompizConfig Settings Manager is a very powerful tool and if you don't know what you are doing, you may damage your Ubuntu system.

I would have posted screenshots but it is prohibited to new users. It is fairly simply though.

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Can you post the screenshots elsewhere and link here...so someone eventually come and modify this post to include it in your answer – deostroll Jun 17 '12 at 17:12
hey christos, this is not working for me..i did exactly wt u said, but nothing is happening.. – ramanujan_dirac Jun 18 '12 at 13:05
@christos If you post a comment with link(s) to screenshot(s), and you ping me in the comment (by including the string @EliahKagan), I'll put them in this answer for you. – Eliah Kagan Aug 6 '12 at 4:01
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I have a SONY Vaio E15 ( E15113 ) and was able to solve the problem using the solution mentioned in an earlier post

https://github.com/ricardodani/sony-vpc-brightness-linux/blob/master/bright.py

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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Peachy Sep 13 '12 at 17:07

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