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I am using Toshiba L510 AND Ubuntu 12.04. I Cannot control brightness of my system using function keys. What could be the cause?

Braiam
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ANURAJ
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    Does changing brightness any other way works? For, example, from the Power Management? Can you add the output of `ls /sys/class/backlight/` to the question. – mikewhatever Jun 27 '12 at 05:21
  • Looks like similar to [this problem](http://askubuntu.com/questions/130819/toshiba-l745-brightness-problem-fn-keys-doesnt-works?rq=1) -- on the other hand, I found a related package in the repositories, `toshset` maybe it's worth checking out. [redshift](http://askubuntu.com/questions/9248/is-there-a-software-utility-to-adjust-screen-gamma-brightness-contrast) was also recommended – Savvas Radevic Jun 27 '12 at 05:27
  • These function keys normally talk directly to BIOS, and are not visible to OS (Windows or Ubuntu). What key-combinations are you using? – david6 Jun 27 '12 at 06:05
  • Possible duplicate of: http://askubuntu.com/questions/148365/fn-keys-for-brightness-not-working-on-toshiba-satellite-l755 – david6 Jun 27 '12 at 06:15

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Open a terminal using Ctrl+Alt+t and type sudo apt-get install xbacklight. That will install xbacklight Install xbacklight if it isn't already there (I can't remember whether it's a default package!).

Then type xbacklight -set x replacing the x with a number between 1 and 99 to set the percentage brightness for your screen backlight. You can actually set to 0 (and I do because I hate bright screens) but I understand that can cause problems on some displays so I don't recommend trying it.

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Garry Cairns
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I just wanted to add, you can then set a keyboard shortcut to something like xbacklight -inc 10 to increase the brightness by 10%.

Unfortunately, you can't use Fn + Another Key since like he said, Fn is reserved for the BIOS. It's weird because my Fn + F7 works in turning off/on the screen, and Fn + F2 works in turning off (but not on) my wifi, but F5 and F6 do not adjust brightness... Hope someone can find a real fix soon.

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Try adding acpi_backlight=vendor as a boot option. To do that, open a terminal window, and run

gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
Locate this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="".

Edit it to look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"

Save the file, then, in a terminal, run sudo update-grub.

Reboot, and check if the brightness keys work.

That worked for me!

Related link : Brightness function keys not working

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I had the same problem on my Toshiba

I installed fnfxd package search synaptics Package Manger for it or

sudo apt-get install fnfxd

It solved my problem

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  • This did not work for me – Menachem Feb 28 '14 at 00:55
  • I have a Satellite L55-b5338 running Zorin. This worked for my volume control and brightness, but not my wifi toggle or my touchpad enable/disable. I'll see if I can find commands to bind for those. – TecBrat Feb 09 '16 at 14:20
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This has fixed it both on a Toshiba L510 and a P850.

1) Edit /etc/default/grub and change this variable:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=legacy"

2) Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add this line at the end of the file:

blacklist toshiba_acpi

3) Update the grub config file:

sudo update-grub

4.) Reboot.

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