Adjusting laptop display brightness doesn't work in Linux Mint 14

Question

I recently installed Linux Mint 14 on my Samsung R580 laptop. The Fn-keys worked out of the box, I can switch screens, adjust volume and so on.

When I try to adjust the brightness (Fn + ↑/↓), the slider shows up and moves to the left and right, but screen brightness does not change at all, it always stays at 100%.

I tried to change the brightness in the system settings and it also doesn't do anything.

When I'm inactive for 5-10 minutes, the energy saving profile kicks in and the screen is dimmed. So the dimming does work, but not when I change it manually.

I found some threads stating that you should change the acpi_background setting to "vendor" in Grub config, but that didn't change anything for me.

What else can I try?

harrymc · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-12T20:13:37.117

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From Samsung R580, Ubuntu 10.04 and Brightness control, not written for Mint but may still work :

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and add the RegistryDwords line (only that line) to the Device section:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Driver "nvidia"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
  Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection

edited Aug 12 '13 at 20:13

answered Jan 08 '13 at 16:46

harrymc

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thank you so much, my eyes love you ;-) accepted and bounty awarded. only the last line is relevant, the rest of my device section looked a bit different. and a restart was required. but now everything is more than fine – moeTi Jan 12 '13 at 08:20

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 21 '13 at 13:02

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Edit this line in /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi="

Then:

update-grub
reboot

edited Apr 21 '13 at 13:02

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answered Apr 21 '13 at 12:58

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This is the only solution that solved my problem with my Dell 15R SE 7520 with Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64-bit – gilbertohasnofb Aug 06 '14 at 22:15

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 10 '13 at 21:49

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For linux mint version 8 +

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Find the line which says GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
enter acpi_backlight=vendor between the quotes ("")
sudo update-grub
reboot your laptop / pc

Source:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=45271

edited Mar 10 '13 at 21:49

David

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answered Jan 03 '13 at 03:11

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Welcome to superuser. Please try to add essential facts from the site to your answer. Otherwise, if the link goes down, your post will be totally useless. – TFM Jan 03 '13 at 03:30
thank you, but I already tried that. the FN keys are working, I see the slider moving when I'm using FN+up/down. But the screen brightness does not change at all – moeTi Jan 03 '13 at 11:49

Adjusting laptop display brightness doesn't work in Linux Mint 14

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