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How I (Finally) Got My Brightness Keys Working

How I (Finally) Got My Brightness Keys Working

By mike on May 26, 2010

The brightness controls on my Lenovo ThinkPad W510 were not working at first. The display was stuck on a really bright setting which was tough on the eyes. I asked a user on UbuntuForums to help. He showed me what to do, and recommended the ThinkWiki page for the W510. Here is the fix:

Posted in brightness, lenovo thinkpad w510, thinkwiki, ubuntu, xorg.conf | Tagged bright, brightness, controls, eyes, fix, keys, lenovo, thinkpad, thinkwiki, ubuntu, ubuntuforums, w510, work | 11 Responses

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New Computer, New Ubuntu, New Topics

By mike on May 21, 2010

Just finished a fresh install of 10.04 on my Lenovo ThinkPad W510 (4319-2PU). I am blown away. Linux has come so far in the past year. This new release looks better than ever, and it is the fastest operating system I have ever used. There are, however a few things I’m going to be looking [...]

Posted in mikesubuntu.com, ubuntu | Tagged 10.04, buttons, chrome, computer, control, fast, finger, fingerprint, fl, google, lenovo, look, lucid, lynx, music, new, print, quadrapassel, rant, right, side, studio, tetris, topics, ubuntu, w510, window, wine | 8 Responses

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