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Comment 20 for bug 159255

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Syarif (psychicmind9) wrote :

hai..im using acer aspire 4736 laptop.
im also having the same problem as you guys.
My diplay brightness is not functioning.
i hve a simple solution but working. It works like charm for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty.

Here my solution and tutorial.

My solution is:
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1. Install COmpiz (Advanced Desktop Effect Settings (ccsm) from Add/Remove..

2. After finished, go to System > Preferences > CompizConfig Settings Manager.

3. At Accessibility Column, tick the Opacity, Brightness And Saturation and click at the word.

4. There are Opacity| Brightness | Saturation tab. Choose the brightness tab.

5. You will see keyboard(increase),mouse(increase),keyboard(decrease),mouse(decrease) icon at the left. At the right of it, you will see Disable button.

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-Brightness Increase-
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6. Click at the disable button of keyboard(increase) and tick the enable box.

7. Now, put your own combination. Lets say we want to make it as CTRL + right button. There are a choice:

      Shift Super
      Ctrl Alt

8. Click at the Grab key combination.

9. ccsm windows will pop up. Press ctrl + right button on your keyboard and press ok..

10. Now you have done for the Brightness increase button.

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-Brightness Decrease-
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11. Click at the disable button of keyboard(decrease) and tick the enable box.

12. Now, put your own combination. Lets say we want to make it as CTRL + left button. There are a choice:

      Shift Super
      Ctrl Alt

13. Click at the Grab key combination.

14. ccsm windows will pop up. Press ctrl + left button on your keyboard and press ok..

15. Now you have done for the Brightness decrease button.

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-Try it OUT-
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Now, go to the desktop and press CTRL + left button on your keyboard repeatedly and CTRL + right repeatedly.

It is working??

Note: this brightness working at all active windows.

try open up mozilla and press the CTRL + left button. Mozilla will get dimmer.
Try open up terminal and do the same things. The terminal will get dimmer to.
press CTRL + right to get it brighter.

Hope you will understand my simple tutorial. Please drop your comment and suggestion.

Happy playing!!!