Comment 18 for bug 438763

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RachaelB (8-launchpad-rlb-me) wrote : Re: [Bug 438763] Re: Can not set backlight brightness on my Samsung NC10 in karmic

Are you dual booting?

Rachael
www.rlb.tel

On 2 Nov 2009, at 22:51, Pete24v <email address hidden> wrote:

> how do i update the bios?
>
> --
> Can not set backlight brightness on my Samsung NC10 in karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438763
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: kdebase
>
> This issue might be related to #311436, but it is not the same one.
>
> I can not set the display brightness on my samsung NC10 in KDE. The
> slider of powerdevil is always in the lowest possible position, even
> while the display brightness is at its maximum. Moving the slider
> does not change anything.
>
> The BIOS is set to manual brightness control.
>
> xbacklight does also fail:
>> xbacklight -dec 10
> No outputs have backlight property
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I am using karmic with the following versions:
> kdebase-bin 4:4.3.1-0ubuntu1
> linux-image-2.6.31-11-generic 2.6.31-11.36
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu2
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
> xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu7
>
> which is what aptitude claims to be current at this time.