Laptop Screen Brightness

[Betti Ann and Preston Smith]

Willis!

Thank you very must for pointing me the Brightness Applet - it works 
very well although it does not hold the setting on reboot.  It is, 
however, very easy to brighten things up with this app

Mike!

Thanks for pointing me to the power management menu.  I was wondering 
how to set the mgt schemes. Battery - "Reduce Backlight brightness"  is 
indeed checked off but in my case the problem was in both modes.  I also 
have the special function keys to adjust/brightness and contrast but 
they are not permanent settings.  The applet referred to by Wilis does 
the job quite nicely, albeit just for the current session.

Thanks to both of you for taking the time to help me

Preston

Willis Hooge said the following on 03/05/2008 15:56:
> To set my laptop's brightness I have an applet on my panel.  Right click 
> on the panel, click Add to Panel and select "Brightness Applet".  It 
> stays at the selected level through rebooting (at least for me). 
> Probably other ways to do it but that's one method.
>   
Mike Rosset said the following on 03/05/2008 16:10:
> Is it only dim when your running off battery? if so check the On Battery
> Power tab, in System->Preferences->Power Management . And see if Reduce
> back light brightness is checked off.
>
> If that doesn't work, check if you have a laptop function key. ie on my
> girl friends laptop there is a blue function key. and there are blue
> function icons on the keyboard. by using the function key and hitting
> the lcd brightness you can change it. check your notebook manual if your
> not sure
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 15:08 -0300, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> When I installed 8.04 over 7.10, my laptop screen brightness dropped 
>> dramatically.
>>
>> Is there a setting (I have not been able to find one) that would bring 
>> the system up on boot with my preferred brightness?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Preston
>>
>>