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I have an Asus N56JK computer and I have tried many different options such as updating the Grub file in /etc/default/grub but to no avail. All other Function keys seems to be working but only function keys used to adjust brightness are not working?

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  • This should not have anything to do with Ubuntu. This should be specific to your laptop. Therefore, a manual specifically for your Asus N56JK should be the best approach. Still it would be interesting to know, have you already tested the Fn keys within Windows? – Socrates Mar 08 '15 at 03:51
  • Yes it works as it should on Windows, only Ubuntu where it does not. – user1287412 Mar 08 '15 at 04:19
  • Try the Brightness-settings within System Settings. It's the symbol with the black monitor and a lock within the screen. You can set the brightness there manually. – Socrates Mar 08 '15 at 04:54
  • You may as well check the Keyboard within the System Settings. Within that window you have two tabs. The right one leads you to the Hotkey settings. – Socrates Mar 08 '15 at 04:55

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I have a Asus X551MA, here is what worked for me.

Update Grub;

  1. Open terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T

  2. type in terminal;
    gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

  3. Change;
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
    to
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi="

  4. Save and Exit gedit

  5. type in terminal;
    sudo update-grub

  6. Restart your computer; (Don't forget to bookmark this page)
    sudo shutdown -r now
    This should fix your issue, if not keep reading.

Create 20-intel.conf; Intel GFX card only!

  1. Open terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T

  2. type in terminal;
    cd /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

  3. now;
    sudo touch 20-intel.conf

  4. then type;
    gksudo gedit 20-intel.conf

  5. Copy & Paste the following lines into the document; 

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "card0"
    Driver "intel"
    Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

  6. Save and Exit the document.

  7. Restart your computer;
    sudo shutdown -r now
    This should work, if not keep reading.

Install 3.16 kernel for 14.04 LTS;

  1. Update;
    sudo apt-get update

  2. Install;
    sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-utopic

That's all I got, sorry if this is incompatible with your set-up as there may be additional steps required, and I prefer to refrain from giving blind advice. I do recommend upgrading the kernel however, as this may be the solution you need, if you are using Ubuntu 14.10 or later there is no need to upgrade the kernel.

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I have an ASUS UX305FA zenbook and the above suggestions re: messing around with /etc/default/grub ddidn't work for me.

This worked for me: https://github.com/thezerobit/asus-zenbook-ux305fa

Install xbacklight

sudo apt-get install xbacklight

In Keyboard settings, set up custom shortcuts to increase or decrease backlight by calling xbacklight -inc 10 or xbacklight -dec 10.

Edit: I own this laptop too and the xbacklight workaround does work. you should just not use the fn + f5/f6 buttons but use other keys, mine are ctrl + f3/f4. Also if i decrease too much, the screen will go entirely black..

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