Description of problem: Samsung NC10, Backlight does not work under Fedora 11. Although this was apparently fixed in fedora 10 the issue has reoccurred in fedora 11. The display is not detected as having a backlight. Although using the 'nomodeset' fix does allow the backlight to work, Fedora no longer works correctly and it is not possible to get parsed the login screen (on login I am returned to the login screen). This may not be a 'xbacklight' issue as such, however I could not find a suitable category to file the fault under. The system seems to recognise the XF86MonBrightnessUp and XF86MonBrightnessDown key presses, nothing happens. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 11 (32bit) Linux Kernel: 2.6.30.9.96.fc11.i586 Gnome 2.26.3 How reproducible: Install fedora 11 on a Samsung NC10 try using the brightness controls. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install fedora 11 on Samsung NC10 Netbook. 2. Login to system 3. Try using brightness controls. (Function + brightness up, Function + brightness down). Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
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I have now the same isssue - brightness control does not work on my Acer Aspire 5740 notebook.