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I have scoured the Internet trying to find a solution to my problem.

I have a Toshiba L755D-S5171 and like many people the Fn key works to a very small extent.

The Fn+3/4 works to vol-down/up and Fn+Esc works to mute like many have reported.

I have looked for that "BIOS option" some users speak of, and there isn't one for my model. I have installed Fnfxd and fnfx and all that Jazz but no cigar.

Like one user I noticed recently my Fn+F6/F7 keys "work" after a suspend (they show brightness bar and it changes, but no real change to brightness) and i can softblock my WiFi, all after a suspension, but they still do not actually work as designed.

I don't know if there is an answer out there, but if there is I would like to be told or pointed to it.

I really like Ubuntu and would like to use it on a regular basis for everything but gaming, but if i cannot change power consumption options on the fly then Windows will work better for me.

I see alot of posts/threads asking for help, and only a few replies that work for a few people.

All I really need to work is the WiFi, I do a lot of stuff online, and a lot of stuff offline, and if I am traveling I don't want to have to restart my computer to turn off WiFi in the BIOS.

  • Toshiba L755D-S5171 650Gb
  • HDD = 70Gb Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64, 580Gb Windows 7 Home Premium x64
  • AMD Llano A6 3420 1.5Ghz Quad core
  • 4GB 1333 DDR3 204pin RAM
Peachy
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Open terminal (Clt + Alt + T) and run the command given below:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Now the new window opens and you will see the lines given below:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quite_splice"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

Now you have to change the lines above by the command lines given below:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"

Then save the window and Update the grub from the terminal using:

sudo update-grub

Now you can increase or decrease the brightness in PC with Latest Ubuntu in it.

Enjoy!

Source - Blog

Aditya
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Couldn't change graphics with Fn keys on my Acer laptop.

This helped me, added to /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor"

Then runupdate-grub and reboot.

Source: http://www.refreshit.info/2012/08/solved-brightness-increase-and-decrease.html

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