backlight control inadequate on Samsung N220 netbook with 10.10

[Dave Stevens]

I mostly said it in the subject line but also...

It's a Samsung N220 that came with Windows 7 starter edition and  
Phoenix instant-on Linux. The Linux was not worth having so I shrank  
the W7 partition to 40G leavin most of the rest of 250G for me to put  
Ubunto 10.10 on. There was an issue with the wireless at first but  
updates have corrected that. The only reason I'm keeping Windows  
around is that I can not adjust the backlight in U10 to be usable in  
daylight. Evening interior room light no problem. I have tinkered with  
power saving options to no avail. I'm quite prepared to trade battery  
charge duration for intensity but don't know how to set about any  
further changes.

Any suggestions welcome, TIA.

Dave


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