Comment 86 for bug 1349740

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In , andy.shevchenko (andy.shevchenko-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

(In reply to sachin khanna from comment #54)
> I am showing similar issues with my Acer ES1-511-c665
> (https://wheon.com/in/reviews/best-laptop-under-40000/). I found stability
> with the 3.13 kernel on Linux Mint 17 but am unable to boot the 3.16, 3.19,
> and 4.0 kernels. I am now writing this on 4.2.1-040201-generic installed
> from Ubuntu mainline. The 3.13 kernel worked well but I could not change my
> screen brightness. I do do this now with 4.2.1 but it seems to be inverted
> so that Fn+[Left Arrow] increases brightness but the on scree Cinnamon
> indicator shows brightness decreasing and vice versa with Fn+[Right Arrow].
> Also, when idle, my screen brightens when it should be dimming.

Does it work in latest vanilla (v5.2-rc5 now and v5.7-rc7 will be on Monday)?