Monitor is very dark but not black

Question

The monitor seemed to have gone dead a while back. I reset the PMU, and now I can very vaguely see the desktop, but it's way too dark to use. Is it the backlight that's gone out? Or is there some way to adjust brightness levels (without seeing the screen well enough to navigate!) to bring it back to useful levels?

Answer 1

I can't believe I found the solution 2 minutes after posting. Here is the link & a brief synopsis of the correction. At least my correction anyway.
Link: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304733
1. Open System Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse to display its preferences.
2. Click the Trackpad tab. These controls let you set the trackpad sensitivity to control how fast the arrow flies across your screen when you move your finger across the trackpad, and adjust for your double-click reflexes.
3. To control how fast the arrow moves across your screen, move the Tracking Speed slider left to slow it down, or right to speed it up.
4. To set your computer's reaction to your double-click speed, move the Double-Click Speed slider left if you tend to click slower, or right if you've got an itchy trigger finger.
5. If you want to add double-click functionality to your trackpad, select the Clicking checkbox below Trackpad Gestures. You can also select the Dragging and Drag Lock checkboxes if you'd like to drag items using the trackpad.