12-04-2014, 05:34 PM
Dave, thank you for the reference! The script:
brightened the screen by two full steps via fn+f5. As noted, that script alone goes away on reboot, but adding it to /etc/rc.local before exit 0 makes it permanent. It was clear on reboot with brightness at max, when the screen ticked up two notches on the login screen. I don't know if it's possible to make the screen brighter still, but it's plenty bright for me.
To sum up:
With Intel graphics, if the brightness controls don't work:
Scroll down to "Fix brightness control issue..."
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To increase brightness:
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Both of these answers can be considered Best Answer but it seems I can only choose one, and they were equally helpful. My thanks to both rokytnji and Wirezfree (Dave), as well as the authors of the items they linked to, for their help!
Code:
sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 f4.b=ffbrightened the screen by two full steps via fn+f5. As noted, that script alone goes away on reboot, but adding it to /etc/rc.local before exit 0 makes it permanent. It was clear on reboot with brightness at max, when the screen ticked up two notches on the login screen. I don't know if it's possible to make the screen brighter still, but it's plenty bright for me.
To sum up:
With Intel graphics, if the brightness controls don't work:
(12-04-2014, 01:27 AM)rokytnji link Wrote: http://itsfoss.com/fix-brightness-ubuntu-1310/
Scroll down to "Fix brightness control issue..."
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To increase brightness:
(12-04-2014, 02:34 AM)Wirezfree link Wrote: Look at post#25 page 3 through to post #32 page 4
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1566277&page=3
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Both of these answers can be considered Best Answer but it seems I can only choose one, and they were equally helpful. My thanks to both rokytnji and Wirezfree (Dave), as well as the authors of the items they linked to, for their help!