Dell Inspiron n5010 Brightness Issue

Question

I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Inspiron n5010 but screen brightness is not working, there is no effect of pressing fn+brightness keys.

Is there anyway to fix it?

I have exactly the same laptop with 10.10 netbook installed and have no issues - you do not need to use the FN key just press the brightness keys (5th and 6th key on top row) — Mark Rooney, Nov 28 '10 at 10:38
Thanks everyone.
I just updated the BIOS and now brightness is working great. — MA1, Jan 27 '11 at 13:49
Updated the BIOS... Please, provide more details about what exactly you updated/changed. — Denys S., Feb 02 '11 at 08:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 08:31

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Thanks everyone.

I just updated the BIOS and now brightness is working great.

answered Jan 27 '11 at 08:31

MA1

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How did you do it? Did you do so on Ubuntu? – Oxwivi Jun 04 '11 at 12:04
@Oxwivi: Updated the BIOS from Windows, but you can do the update also from Linux. – MA1 Jun 17 '11 at 19:58
Ah, I see. Click on tick mark on the left of your answer to let others know that it fixed your problem. – Oxwivi Jun 17 '11 at 20:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '10 at 19:36

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You may have to choose Dell Inspiron as your keyboard layout in the keyboard section of Administration. I had to do this with my Fujitsu Seimens Lappy.

answered Nov 27 '10 at 19:36

Allan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Maybe this laptop has the same problem as my Acer Aspire 4736Z.

These solutions might help you:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Nov 27 '10 at 20:44

Lucas Pottersky

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 00:23

Such shortcuts are handled by the udev subsystem. The configuration files exist in /lib/udev/.

The way it works is that you add a description of your laptop in /lib/udev/keymaps, and then activate it for your laptop in /lib/udev/rules.d/. There is more to the description I provide. You would need to read how similar laptop variants are handled already to get your laptop supported.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 11:53

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I also have have Dell Inspiron N5010 model, Brightness settings works fine for me with Ubuntu 10.10 64bit. You dont need to press fn key to adjust the brightness.

answered Mar 28 '11 at 11:53

hsinxh

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