backlight issue with laptop and 8.10

[David Curtis]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:55:23 -0700
Larissa Ardis <larissa.ardis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks...
> 
> Backatcha with this backlight problem on my laptop. The backlight
> appears to dim significantly with fluctuating ambient light, which I
> *don't* want it to do.
> 
> David Curtis, thanks so much for the tip! I executed that sudo command
> in a terminal window, and this is what appeared (between stars):
> ****
> larissa at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install smartdimmer
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> smartdimmer is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 104 not upgraded.
> ****
> So... does this mean I already have the component that you were
> suggesting? How do I find/operate smartdimmer?

Yes, already installed. 'smartdimmer --help' will tell you all you need to know. Also you might want to 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade' to upgrade those 104 packages. But that could be a huge download.


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David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>