Suspicions about lucid being darker are right. In Karmic the screen is lit up like the sun. If I'm told what commands/files can help, it'll only take a couple of minutes.
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 8356 1
ppdev 6688 0
lp 8964 0
parport 35340 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203328 1
snd_hda_intel 26920 2
snd_hda_codec 75708 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7200 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75296 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
snd_seq_oss 28576 0
snd_seq_midi 6432 0
arc4 1660 2
ecb 2524 2
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
iptable_filter 3100 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter
dm_crypt 12928 0
x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 59080 0
ath9k 258744 0
mac80211 181236 1 ath9k
led_class 4096 1 ath9k
videodev 36736 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 14496 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd 59204 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev 10272 0
ath 8060 1 ath9k
psmouse 56180 0
cfg80211 93052 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
atl1c 30880 0
serio_raw 5280 0
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
eeepc_laptop 13936 0
squashfs 22912 1
aufs 149420 1
nls_iso8859_1 3740 2
nls_cp437 5372 2
vfat 10716 2
fat 51452 1 vfat
dm_raid45 84228 0
xor 15620 1 dm_raid45
fbcon 36640 72
tileblit 2460 1 fbcon
font 8124 1 fbcon
bitblit 5372 1 fbcon
softcursor 1756 1 bitblit
usbhid 38208 0
i915 221064 3
drm 159584 3 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5760 1 i915
usb_storage 52544 2
intel_agp 27484 2 i915
agpgart 34988 2 drm,intel_agp
video 19380 1 i915
output 2780 1 video
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCDD/brightness
levels: 0 3 5 7 9 11 13 16 19 23 26 30 33 37 41 46
current: 16
Note: Brightness was at the highest level I could put it at with the fn keys. It was much brighter than the maximum in Lucid.
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