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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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