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brightness settings not ajustable

I gave it a search and found this for version 11.04 on an acer aspire; sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Edit two lines to read as follows: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash ...
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How to fix Acer Aspire 4736z back light brightness control in Ubuntu 13.04?

A simple way to fix Acer Aspire 4736z back light brightness control problem using hot keys (Fn + Brightness +-)
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Help Adjusting Britness on Acer Aspire M5-581T-6807 Via the Function keys

I have opened terminal and tried the following commands. sudo nano /etc/default/grub I entered my password. Found GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and change it to say ...
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Brightness and touchpad issues on an Acer Aspire 725

I have an Acer Aspire One 725 running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and it flashes the screen when not charging. The same happens when I want to change the brightness of the screen (whether or not connected to a ...
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Changing the brightness creates lag

Changing the brightness on my laptop is very laggy. It's an Acer Aspire 5735z with Ubuntu 12.10 installed. How do I fix the issue?
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How to install ubuntu on acer Aspire S3 use USB stick? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? How to install ubuntu12.04 on acer Aspire S3 use USB stick? I can't see any thing, screen is ...
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cannot change screen brightness on acer 7741z-4433

On this laptop, you change the screen brightness by holding the Fn button and pressing the left or right keys. The brightness meter appears in the corner of the screen but it does nothing. Any ideas?
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Problem with brightness settings with Acer Aspire One D255E in 12.04

I run Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook (Acer Aspire One D255E) and I have the following problem with the brightness settings: If I want to adjust the brightness with the fn-key, I can only change between ...
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Cannot Adjust Brightness on Acer Aspire 5332

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 with the Windows installer. It appears to be running fine, however the screen is extremely dull and I don't appear to be able to adjust the brightness... I entered ...
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How to control Brightness

I didn't install anything myself, but only Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an Acer 4741g. I use Fn+left/right to change the brightness, but failed. How can I control the brightness levels?
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Cannot change brightness on an Acer Aspire 5745-dg [closed]

I have an acer aspire 5745dg laptop and i have also a very serious problem!! My brightness is always at maximun and I cannot change it with the fn keys or from the power management and my battery ...
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Brightness keys adjust brightness too many times

Every time I hit a brightness key on my laptop's keyboard, it adjusts the brightness by three steps instead of one. How can I fix it so that it only adjusts one step at a time? I am using an Acer ...
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fn + arrow keys don't adjust actual brightness on an Acer Aspire 5740

I have an Aspire 5740 with an Intel Core i3, and Fn + arrow keys still call up the brightness adjuster, but have no effect on actually changing the brightness. The slider moves, but the brightness ...
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Adjust brightness and contrast on an Acer Aspire as5750?

I have an acer aspire as5750. With the intel hd 3000 graphics. When i use the adjustment function keys the dial moves but it doesn't translate to the screen diming. Same with the dial in linux ...
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battery backup issues on acer timeline 3830tg

I recently bought Acer timeline 3830tg for my studies and installed ubuntu 11.10 and currently using gnome-shell. I also have changed by graphics mode from hybrid to integrated mode to increase ...
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I`ve got some problems with new Acer Aspire S3

I just got a new Acer Aspire S3 Laptop, and I've installed Ubuntu on it. Here is some problems: 1. Bluetooth (AR3012) can't find any devices. rfkill shows that everything is fine, but I still can't ...
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Screen Brightness not adjustable for Acer Aspire S3

First of all, thank you very much for providing this useful forum. Too bad for me, there is no support for the Acer Aspire S3 yet (just came out in October) Short Description of the Problem: I cannot ...
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how to have the brightness icon displayed on acer laptop screen

I used to have a meter icon displayed on my Acer laptop screen when changing brightness or volume with the hotkeys - it would show the level of adjustment. I don't know what has been turned off or ...
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Can't adjust brightness on my laptop

I'm having difficulty in adjusting brightness on my Acer Aspire 4740: Screen 14.1-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res CPU Intel Core i5-430M 2.26-GHz RAM 1GB DDR3 HDD 320GB Graphics ...