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Is there a way to lower the screen brightness even lower than what the built in menu allows for? I would like to be able to dim to 0, or no back light at will.

Thanks!

Thank you......It has worked properly after a reboot. I will try to update in a few days. If I do not post in that time, please hassle me by posting in this thread as I am subscribed to it.

Sorry about the link. I'll try again.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1949810&page=3

I loaded the rtl8192ce driver, and the command I used was for the ce.

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Sudo make install:
http://pastebin.com/1U3twrye

No output from lsmod | grep 8192

then I found this thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=87801537

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Everything seemed to go well, but still no wireless. Now it does not even see my network.

I have been getting help with this issue on this thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12261151&posted=1#post12261151
hope that this helps.

Thank you for walking me through this. I would add that the downloaded driver must be moved to the home folder for the make to work.

Everything went fine until the last step, Make install, where I...

It drops after a suspend and after reboot. In addition twice today the laptop suspended itself without warning. Maybe a relationship?

I was thinking that a clean reinstall of 12.04 was in order so that I could start from scratch.

Here is dmesg:

http://pastebin.com/mEv0gSGK

and dmesg | grep -i rtl
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I get no answer from dmesg | grep -i rtl

I also get this:


happyfamily@happyfamily-Satellite-C855:~$ iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted....

I am at my wits end with this. I have tried to follow every forum direction I can but I am still coming up empty.

My wireless keeps dropping after just moments of use. Only a restart seems to get...