Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #562005
  2. Comment #64

Comment 64 for bug 562005

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Martin Spacek (mspacek) wrote :

Xubuntu 12.10 updated to nvidia 304.88 a day or so ago, and now brightness controls are even more uneven than before. I've tried regenerating xorg.conf using nvidia-settings, and re-adding [Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"] to the Device section, but that hasn't helped. I also tried nvidia 313.30 from xorg-edgers, but brightness controls seemed to be just as uneven.

3 years and this still hasn't been fixed. I'm waiting hopefully for nouveau to finally implement proper power management implemented, so I can ditch this nvidia crap for good. Linus perfectly expressed my frustration with this company with his simple gesture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxHqi8tx048