I tried also: sudo su -c 'echo 10 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'.
Pressing the Fn keys brings up the OSD brightness control, which reflects the value of the /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness file (and viceversa), but the actual screen brightness does not change.
I tried also: sudo su -c 'echo 10 > /sys/class/ backlight/ acpi_video0/ brightness' .
Pressing the Fn keys brings up the OSD brightness control, which reflects the value of the /sys/class/ backlight/ acpi_video0/ brightness file (and viceversa), but the actual screen brightness does not change.