Adding "acpi_backlight=legacy" fixed it for me under Ubuntu 13.10. (Dell N5010, IntelHD)
'gksu gedit /etc/default/grub'
add "acpi_backlight=legacy" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" line so it'll look like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=legacy"
save and run "sudo update-grub"
Restart.
Adding "acpi_backlight =legacy" fixed it for me under Ubuntu 13.10. (Dell N5010, IntelHD)
'gksu gedit /etc/default/grub'
add "acpi_backlight =legacy" to GRUB_CMDLINE_ LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash" line so it'll look like this:
GRUB_ CMDLINE_ LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash acpi_backlight= legacy"
save and run "sudo update-grub"
Restart.