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Brightness control Fn keys vs Gnome extension
So I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony Vaio Laptop and have been sometimes having a strange "laggyness" in the brightness control with the standard Fn keys (Fn + F5 and Fn+ F6), which I guess is ...
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How to reduce brightness for sony vaio with 7650 HD
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The brightness functions keys don't change the brightness. When I try to change the brightness I can see the levels going up and down in the ...
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Backlight control keys with nvidia driver work sometimes
I've got a Vaio S11 laptop with Nvidia 310M graphics running Ubuntu 13.04 with nvidia graphics driver (nvidia-310).
Backlight control started working since I created a .conf file in ...
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Brightness Controls not working VAIO AMD Radeon
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside with Windows 8 (UEFI). Brightness controls are not working, neither from keyboard shortcut nor Settings -> Brightness and Lock.
I also tried editing grub file, but ...
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I am having problem with Sony Vaio-sve151a11w GPU card 7650. Using dual boot with windows
I haven't got correct drivers for my 7650M HD Radeon graphics card.
Whenever I watch any movie in default media player of ubuntu or vlc it flickers badly. It flickers even more in full screen mode. ...
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How to use xbacklight with brightness keys in a VAIO
I have a Sony VAIO VPCCW15FL, with Ubuntu 12.04 installed.
Sadly, the brightness keys do not work out of the box, although the brightness meter reacts to the brightness up/down keypresses.
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Sony Vaio brightness [Radeon 7500M/7600M Series] in ubuntu 12.10
I need help. I bought a Sony Vaio with windows 7 preinstalled. :_(
Now I have a lot of problem to install ubuntu, but Yo fuí capaz de and installed ubuntu, but now I dont work the brightness.
With ...
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Brightness controls are not working in sony vaio with amd radeon hd 7650
I have a Sony Vaio SVE15116EN with AMD Radeon HD 7650 graphics card. I am currently using Ubuntu 12.10. My brightness controls are not working but sound controls are working fine. I have also tried ...
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Sony Vaio VPCCW - Brightness Changes automatically when using browser
Screen brightness changes automatically when I am using my browser. There is question about this matter but it is closed for being too specific . I think this is a general issue about Sony Vaio ...
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Brightness Control Keys on Sony Vaio not working on 12.10
Hi everyone i'm having a problem that for what i have seen its very common with the latest version of ubuntu.
So I updated my graphics drivers on my laptop to the latest nvidia ones but now my ...
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Controlling Brightness in Sony Vaio SVE151A11W |Not Working|
Disclaimer First:
I have gone thorugh these following threads here and followed all of
their advice but none of them worked
Brightness Control Problem on Sony VAIO with NVIDIA GT-320M
unable to ...
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Sony VAIO E Series - SVE15129CGB with ATI 7570 HD: Screen Brightness Adjustment
I have been running Ubuntu for a long time now! But since I installed it on my VAIO I just can't adjust the brightness. The Fn button does not work (although it does work for the volume adjustment), ...
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sony vaio vpceg15fx brightness control problems
I am a new user in this forum, even though I have been a part time user of Ubuntu for the last few years, I've noticed that there are some brands like HP, DELL, LENOVO, etc; that seem to be more ...
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How can light sensor be enabled for control brightness and keyboard back-light automatically?
I have A Sony VAIO laptop F-series () Nvidia and it has light sensor. When I was using Windows, this light sensor controlled the brightness and the keyboard backlight automatically due to the ...
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Can't adjust brightness on a Sony Vaio T13 ultrabook
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 in a Vaio T13 ultrabook.
I cannot use the the Fn+F4 or Fn+F5 to change the brightness. The bubble appears indicating that brightness is being ...
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Brightness doesn't change on Sony laptop
I installed ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop for first time and every thing work well but the only thing doesn't work is the brightness doesn't change when I press F5 and F6 with Fn
So I can't adjust the ...
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Brightness going up to 100% on loading certain websites in Chrome [closed]
I'm using Google Chrome version 21.0.1180.89 on Ubuntu 12.04 and my laptop is a Sony VAIO VPCCW15FL (spec sheet). My video driver is the propietary "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release ...
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Sony Vaio VPCEH18FG backlight problem
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on Sony Vaio VPCEH18FG but the screen brightness does not change with Fn+F5/F6 keys and /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is also not found.
How can I solve this problem?
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Vaio laptop screen brightness broken from bios to boot cd to ubuntu. Main board logo works
I have a Vaio VGN-FZ31S and the brightness of the laptop screen is broken.
The screen is really dark. The attached external display works fine.
It used to work but then suddenly, out of nowhere the ...
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Problems on Vaio e series vpceh18fg laptop with ubuntu 12.04
I have some unsolved problems with my vaio e series laptop. I have tried and applied some fixes but I couldn't solve the following problems... I have been waiting for months and applying the updates ...
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Brightness controls not working on a Sony Vaio VPCY2
The brightness control are not working on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit , Sony Vaio VPCY2 ( Intel video card) .
I've tried both ways Fn+F5/F6 and from Brightness/Lock menu (under Settings) - I can slide the ...
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can't configure Nvidia on my Sony Vaio VPCEH2C1E/W
i have recently bought a Sony Vaio VPCEH2C1E/W laptop on which i installed Ubuntu 11.10 64bit OS type
the graphic card is 512 MB NV GeForce 410M for which I chose (version current) [Recommended]
if I ...
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Brightness Control Problem on Sony VAIO with NVIDIA GT-320M [closed]
I have a Sony VAIO VPC-CW2 laptop with NVIDIA GT-320M graphics card. I can't adjust the screen brightness! Using the Fn shortcuts nothing happens (Even the brightness notification doesn't show-up!). ...
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Change brightness Vaio FZ
I can't change the brightness on my Vaio VGN-FZ340E. There isn't even a slider on the screens window. The only way I've found to do it is to use smartdimmer throught the command line, however this is ...
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Display Brightness Scaling is Incorrect on a VAIO CW
My display brightness adjustment is off by a factor of 10, i.e. it's brightest at 10% instead of at 100%, and the difference between 0% and 1% is a little too high.
Any way to fix either of these ...
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Changing brightness on a Sony Vaio laptop
I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The brightness functions keys don't change the brightness. When I try to change the brightness I can see the levels going up and down in the ...
