some workaround: to disable touchpad, add a line in .bashrc gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled false
another way to adjust brightness: 1. cd /sys/class/backlight/$COM_backlight/ 2. check the value in the file: max_brightness 3. sudo open the file:brightness and set it to [0, max-brightness), NOTE: MUST < max-brightness. for convinence, create a shell script, and sudo it. #!/bin/bash # NOTE: the prefer value MUST < max-brightness. echo "you prefer value" > /sys/class/backlight/$COM_backlight/brightness reference: http://askubuntu.com/questions/540911/how-to-adjust-screen-brightness-in-ubuntu-14-04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270579 Title: On laptops, screen brightness and keyboard backlight isn't memorized between sessions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1270579/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
