I can also confirm that the suggestion posted by "Pierre Chifflier" works. Though myself not being a computer geek I had problems implementing it. Below is the example of how it looks on my xorg.conf file and this works for me.
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "1" Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2" Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050 +1920+15, DFP-2: 1920x1080 +0+0" Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Note: this is just an example for those who don't know where the following line appears Look above for => Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" Thanks everyone, Special Thanks to "Pierre Chifflier" Cheers, Hemant -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762670 Title: Laptop brightness on Dell XPS not controllable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/762670/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs