I tried GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor i915.invert_brightness=1" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor i915.invert_brightness=1" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor i915.invert_brightness=1" All give me the same lower screen resolution (1024 x 768) instead of the one I used to have (1366 x 768). Changing brightness does not work and using Alt-Tab reminds me of Windows 3.1. Merci, Gilbert 2012/12/8 Kangarooo