yes till the first mouse move...the backlight hotkeys work!!!!i can bring it back with setpci...its ok for me to close the lid and after xset dpms force off, press a key is enough, brightness comes back!
ouput: uname -a Linux chris-Aspire-5732Z 2.6.38-9-generic #43+kamal~mjgbacklight4-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 29 04:31:32 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ls /sys/class/backlight intel_backlight -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773471 Title: No brightness on LCD monitor (Acer Aspire 5732Z) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs