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Jan 17, 2010

EDIT: I finally figured out how to do it - xbacklight -dec 10 lowers, xbacklight +inc 10 increaces. I'll use ubuntu tweak to get the shortcuts. I got my self a new lappy, and Acer Aspire One 751h-1948. After that, I installed Ubuntu Karmic on that, while leaving a 20GB XP partition. I configured it's Intel GMA500 Poulsbo video card, so now I can use it at the native 1366x768 res. Most of my fn keys work, other than one very important one, and here lies my problem; The brightness keys dont work(fn+left/right arrow). I've searched the net for a long time, but I still can't find a solution that works with karmic - perhaps i should downgrade?

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