SOLVED: kernel26 2.6.30 - laptop LCD brightness stuck on max

Hello,
I upgraded to kernel26 2.6.30 from testing today, and now my laptop screen is with the brightness stuck on the 100% setting (which is too much for me, in fact it gives me a headache). The Fn-Arrow keys (which control the brightness) are unresponsive.
EDIT: Solved by placing options video brightness_switch_enabled=1 on /etc/modprobe.d/video.conf (create it if it doesn't exist).
I use Intel i965 video chipset on a laptop Acer Aspire 7720.
Solutions?
Thanks.
Last edited by Renan Birck (2009-06-12 01:56:20)

TheSaint wrote:
I followed this thread and looking others too.
Nothing can work for my Aspire 6935, unfotunately.
Fn+F5 brings brightness to maximum, but no solution to dim it a little.
This is my vga card:
lspci |grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9600M GT (rev a1
Strangely the BIOS can control the brightness as expected, but Arch might not look into that.
F
I posted a bash script workaround here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74914
It uses the setpci command, and dc (part of bc package) to do hex conversion.
But to warn you I've only tried it on my intel 945GM, I don't know if it will work with an nvidia card.

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[SOLVED] Can't change laptop screen brightness.

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Last edited by badministrator (2015-04-12 05:33:33)

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Have you tried this kernel parameter:
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Maybe its a bug to be fixed that im not aware of.
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Oddly, without the samsung_laptop module.
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More history on what does what.
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LCD Brightness is lowered when touching mouse or keyboard

Hi Guys,
hopefully, the newbie corner is the right place to post this, at least I am one, just switching from ubuntu to arch.
Essentially I have the problem marked as solved here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127818
For me, however, it is not solved. I don't think it is related to laptop-mode, but I don't know. I am using my laptop on AC only. If I leave the laptop unattended for a while and then move the mouse or touch any button it lowers LCD brightness. The laptop buttons for brightness do work. I really don't know which program is doing this and neither why.
Since the system is pretty much unusable in this state, I did a workaround by taking away file privileges (chmod 444 /sys/class/backlight/nv_backlight/brightness).this has been overridden by the system after reboot, too.
I am using a fresh install with gnome.
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Last edited by karsten_m (2011-10-19 21:06:01)

Ok, the / of all the strange behaviour was gnome-power-manager.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get to core of why it dims the screen, but the workaround is this: define the dimmed brightness as 100..
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Most importantly, I cannot change the screen brightness. Xbacklight does not do anything, laptop-mode-tools and gnome/xfce4-power-manager do nothing. The screen brightness is always at the maximum.
I have an nvidia Geforce Go 7400 card with the proprietary nvidia driver
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==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
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sony_acpi.tar.gz ... Passed
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==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.29-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.o
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c:55: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c: In function 'sony_walk_callback':
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c:253: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c:255: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c:256: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c: In function 'sony_acpi_add':
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.c:269: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
make[2]: *** [/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi/sony_acpi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/yaourt-tmp-agi/aur-sony_acpi/sony_acpi/src/sony_acpi] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-ARCH'
make: *** [default] Error 2
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Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build sony_acpi package.
The strange thing is this works in other distributions, such as Ubuntu. If I fired up a live cd and tested out my Fn keys, the brightness would change and there would be an on screen display for feedback.
What is Ubuntu doing, specifically, that Arch is not doing? Is there any way I could load an ubuntu live cd and then find what files/programs/modules/whatever are in place that allow brightness changes? Does anyone know this offhand?
Help!

I have Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M with Nvidia 8400M GT. I used package 'nvclock' (it is in repo) to control lcd brightness, here site with more info: NVClock. Some time ago I also configured Fn keys to work with it (on Ubuntu), but on Arch I didn't manged but I didn't try hard (in general i don't need, my laptop is stationary all the time). Solution I've found somwehere in Ubuntu forums.
edit: typo in address
edit2:
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I've installed archlinux on my laptop, everything works well except the brightness control.
The screen originally has 11 brightness levels, but when I either press Fn+F6/F7 key or use gnome-power-manager to adjust brightness, it always skips a level.
/proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness
levels: 100 60 20 28 36 44 52 60 68 76 84 92 100
current: 100
I can only get level 20 36 52 68 84 and 100
The problem also exists in console mode.
I tried adding video module to blacklist, then brightness cannot be adjusted at all.
However, I never get this problem in openSUSE, all 11 levels are available.
Could anyone help me? Thanks!:|

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show … t&p=386303
Hmmm...I found this on the nvidia forums:
I have a Samsung R700 laptop and my brightness stopped working after installing the restricted drivers. This is how I fixed it.
Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a virtual console. Once you are in this console I think different video drivers are active so the following worked for me to adjust brightness.
Logged in and ran the following command:
echo -n 70 > /proc/acpi/video/NVID/LCD/brightness
then logged out and pressed Ctrl-Alt-F7 to go back to X
It's possible your brightness key on your laptop may work straight after you press ctrl-alt-f1 and you won't have to login and do the acpi stuff.
Also I have a startup script to set my brightness to a fixed value before X starts. It's not ideal but it's the only solution I could find that worked for me until the drivers are fixed!
Hope this helps.
Last edited by kclive18 (2008-07-08 11:19:25)

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My T400 has been used only 1.5 years, but its LCD brightness suddenly became unstable the day before yesterday, and the screen also turns a little red, the indictor lights turn from green to a little orange color. I tried to find the reason and found maybe the LCD cable doesn't have a good contact, so I tried to re set it. But the problem is still here. Why? What's the problem? How to fix it?

The indicator lights are just a green LED... There's no way they can all turn orange.
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Ideapad S415 Touch: Screen Brightness Stuck!!

Two days ago, my laptop suddenly got stuck on the lowest brightness setting. I did some research and found that I was supposed to update the driver, so I did and now the brightness is stuck on the HIGHEST brightness setting! When I try to adjust it, the little meter will move up and down just one level, from the second lowest to the lowest. Help!

Hi Petersont52,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with screen brightness in your Lenovo S415 laptop.
Please uninstall the graphic driver, energy management and restart the machine and reinstall the energy management and graphic driver .
Click here for the graphic driver for windows 7
Click here for the graphic driver for windows 8.1.
Click here for the graphic driver for windows 8.
Click here for the energy management for windows 7
Click here for the energy management for windows 8.
Click here for the energy management for windows 8.1.
Hope this helps. Do post back if the issue persists!
Best regards,
Ashwin. S
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