[Bug 994558] Re: brightness problem acer aspire 5745-dg

[James Plate]

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Title:
  brightness problem acer aspire 5745-dg

Status in “acpi-support” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello guys.I am new in ubuntu and i bought a brand new laptop acer
  aspire 5745-dg with windows but i put and ubuntu together.My problem
  is that the brightness changes from windows but i cannot change it
  inside ubuntu,for example the fn keys don't work and i cant change the
  brightness from power management too.The funny part is that the fn
  keys for the sound work great!My problem is that the brightness is
  always at maximun as a result to reduce my battery life!!I have
  reported this problem to many sites but noone could help me..:/I have
  already tried to change some lines in grub but nothing changed.I also
  have heared that this might be a bios problem...Can you please help me
  with this serious problem???I would appriciate that!!!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  Date: Fri May  4 15:39:12 2012
  DistroCodename: precise
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=el_GR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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