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    Ubuntu 10.04 brightness and Fujitsu E8410

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by six3oo, Mar 1, 2011.

  1. six3oo

    six3oo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, i'm running 10.04 32-bit on a Fujitsu E8410 with a nVidia 8400M G graphics card. somehow, the Fn keys for brightness don't work. the bar shows up and goes up and down, but nothing changes. the brightness applet doesn't work either. I have heard that you could copy "video_brightnessdown.sh" and "video_brightnessup.sh" into acpi and it would work, but acpi is owned by root and I can't edit permissions, thus i can't copy anything into acpi.

    how can i get my brightness working, preferably through the Fn key combis and not the terminal?

    Thanks!
     
    six3oo, Mar 1, 2011
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    sama98b Notebook Evangelist

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    sudo su .. to become root in terminal .. or execute any program with sudo in front to start program with root rights.
     
    sama98b, Mar 1, 2011
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