My Dell Latitude E5430 only needed the kernel param adding to work correctly.
Adding the xorg.conf file as well just caused it to oscillate rapidly +/- 10% with a permanent on screen KDE brightness bar. -- 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/847001 Title: Adjusting display brightness is very slow on several Dell laptops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/847001/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs