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## fix thinkpad backlight
http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/04/fix-brightness-keys-not-working-on.html
1. You can check if you have an intel card by running this command:
ls /sys/class/backlight/
2. If the returned outputs show this:
(...) intel_backlight
3. Then this solution may work for you. In the same terminal window, enter this command:
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
4. Find this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
5. Change it to this one:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"
6. Save your file and exit, then run this command to update GRUB 2:
sudo update-grub
7. Finally, reboot your system.
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