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Ubuntu 13.04 laptop screen no working

I have a HP dv4-2040br and upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04 and the laptop screen stopped working. I got back to the 12.04 and it came back and when I reinstalled the 13.04 it stopped again. An ...
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Setting screen brightness with xbacklight on screen resume

I'm using a solution of setting the brightness with xbacklight as a startup application script since the brightness keys are not working properly. However: When the screen resumes from 'turn screen ...
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Laptop screen goes weird when altered brightness, Ubuntu 12.04

I am using dell Studio 1558 laptop. When i alter brightness(reduce or increase) screen goes weird (pic attached) and I have to hard reset. Any Ideas/solutions? I am using ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 ...
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Screen resolution repositioning? (Broken laptop screen)

I have a laptop with the top left corner's screen being broken - I can't see anything there. However it's just a small corner, so I'd like to know if there's something I can do to make Ubuntu not use ...
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I'm not able to calibrate color or adjust brightness in my screen

hello everybody i'm a proud newbie on Ubuntu, I have a Toshiba Satellite M505, since I installed Ubuntu on it, I haven't been able to adjust brightness. any ideas everyone?
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Laptop screen stays blank after lid is reopened

I have an Acer Aspire One KAV60. Beginning with 11.10 through 12.10, every version of Ubuntu causes the screen to stay blank after I open the lid. The only way I can get out of the problem is a hard ...
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Laptop Brightness key Delayed Effect

My laptop is a Gateway NV52L03H, Amd Radeon HD 7520G using the AMD FGLRX drivers. All of my laptops FN (function) keys are working properly and as they should. The only one misbehaving are the ...
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Black screen during installation ubuntu 12.10 via wubi on HP Pavillion g6-1273s1 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? I tried to install ubuntu 12.10 alongside win7(64bit) on HP pavilion g6-1273sl. The installation ...
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Changed Laptop Screen (Thinkpad), FN-Key Brightness control stopped working

I just replaced the broken screen on my Thinkpad Edge 13". Now the brightness-adjustments via the FN keys don't work anymore (the brightness indicator bar goes from Low - Full, but nothing actually ...
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In Ubuntu displays, why does it say I'm using a laptop but I'm using a Desktop?

I'm using Ubuntu on Oracle's Virtual Box aside from Windows because the vast of my friends are trying to get me to try it, I open it and activate full screen mode, yet it isn't all fullscreen. I ...
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Screen resolution on Samsung NC110

With 12.04, on the Samsung NC110 the screen resolution sets to 800x600 when it should be 1024x600. Only 800x600 is offered in System Settings/Display. I have tried putting an xorg.conf file in ...
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Use laptop with external screen closing its cover

I have an HP Pavilion dv6 with an Nvidia GeForce GT 230M running the privative driver version 304.43 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64. I am able to clone the screen and use "extended desktop". The problem ...
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Black screen after OS loads [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? Ok, so today I was installing Eset Nod32 Linux onto my computer, I'm a newbie at Linux though, ...
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Is there a way to force Lubuntu screen resolution?

I have a Dell Inspiron 4000, 900 Mhz Pentium III, 192 MB RAM, 10.1 GB disk running Lubuntu 12.04. When I start the computer, and I check the display resolution, Monitor Settings claims that the max ...
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How does correct gamma color on external screen? Linux laptop

I have got a laptop and i would like to correct gamma color on my external screen. My system: Laptop, VGA port, Linux, Ubuntu. In option System->Preferences->Monitor i turn off my laptop's screen. ...
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Screen very dim during installation with an Acer Laptop

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and everything seemed to go correctly except that the during the installation the screen was very dim, and i just kept going with the installation. So then I finished the ...
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Screen Brightness Stuck on high on an HP dv7t laptop

I have an otherwise fully-functioning install of Ubuntu 12.04 on my HPdv7t laptop. When I press the 'brightness buttons' on the keyboard the associated images appear on my screen to say I am ...
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Problems with Intel Video Resolution on Acer Laptop Wide Display

I have an ACER Aspire 5332 laptop which I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 x64, which is causing some issues with the video display on boot and video resolution. First and foremost, it will only boot ...
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How to make my screen brightness not change when I plug my laptop in

I do not want my laptop to change brightness when my laptop power is plugged in or unplugged. I set my brightness based on how bright my surroundings are. If I am in a dark room, I set my brightness ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 on Asus K53TA Laptop no screen error?

I have an Asus K53 laptop with a AMD A6 APU and I cant seem to get the screen to work for GUI mode. I can Install it with the alternate CD but I can only see a blinking cursor then no screen detected ...
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How can I increase laptop lcd luminosity steps?

I was wondering if there's a way to tweak the steps that the luminosity of my lcd do when adjusting it from keyboard. It seems that they are just +/-30% of total, and that's pretty annoying, because ...
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Dim/Dark Screen on Acer Aspire

I do have WUBI on my desktop, but that computer is too laggy so I installed WUBI on my Acer Aspire laptop. Everything works fine except the screen is too dark. I tried to reinstall WUBI but nothing. ...
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Screen brightness not changing on a Packard Bell tx86 [closed]

I'm currently running ubuntu 11.10 on my Packard Bell tx86 when I try and use the fn key to change brightness, the icon thing appears in the top corner of the screen and the bar increases/decreases in ...
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Screen doesn't turn back on after resume on a Lenovo Thinkpad T420

Every time I suspend my notebook (Lenovo Thinkpad T420 - Intel HD graphic card) on Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 and turn it back on, the screen is black. The backlight is on and the system itself loads fine, ...
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Why doesn't my laptop screen brightness go down when unplugged after 11.04 to 11.10 upgrade?

As stated above, after the upgrade to 11.10 my laptop no longer dims the screen when I go on battery power. Why?
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screen corruption on lenovo 4446 laptop

After my Lenovo laptop has been on for a while, I get screen corruption starting to appear. Sometimes I have to restart the X server before it goes away, sometimes it goes away by itself. The ...
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Must close and open laptop lid to recover from screen turn-off on an Acer Aspire 5740

I have an Acer Aspire 5740-5780 laptop with ubuntu 11.10. I don't have the more common problem of the black screen on boot. Rather, under System Settings..., in Screen, under Brightness, with the ...
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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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Stretch/Distortion. I have a large monitor, and it makes Ubuntu look so ugly

I have a fairly bad machine, but it does what I need it to do. I have a Compaq Presario All-in-One - CQ1-2025, and it is a 20" monitor. It's a cruddy machine, as I said, but all I need it for is for ...
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Screen intensity before and after inactivity

On my ThinkPad W520 laptop, after a short period of inactivity (eg. no mouse movement) on battery, the screen dims for power saving. When I move the mouse (ie. , the screen lights back up, but not at ...
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What resolution works best?

I want to buy a laptop and install Ubuntu 11 on it. Is there a particular screen resolution or dimension that is ideal? For example, if I'm choosing between 1600 x 900 or 1680 x 1050, these have ...