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    How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    Help I'm trying to adjust my screen laptop but it is not working. I'm using an HP laptop if that makes it more helpful.Please help.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    Hey Nick,
    if this is a stupid question please disregard.
    Did you try the function button on the keyboard.
    That's all I have to do on this old HP laptop.
    [mine is fn + f8]

    Thanks, Dan.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    Applications icon>Settings Manager>Desktop. There is a slider at the bottom of the window.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    also if you are trying the buttons on your keyboard to make the screen brighter, I believe that requires you to install a graphics card driver!


    just saw this literally 2 seconds ago on another part of the forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2080301
    Last edited by ACubed10; January 29th, 2013 at 05:36 AM.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    On my HP laptop the brightness keys (Fn+{F2,F3}) work without installing any drivers, but that might depend on your graphics chip (although I don't think that screen backlight is controlled by your graphics). Otherwise you can put the xfce4-brightness-plugin on the xfce panel. It's in the package xfce4-goodies. It allows you to change brightness with the mouse.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    As I mentioned ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bucky Ball View Post
    Applications>Settings Manager>Desktop. There is a slider at the bottom of the window.
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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    Quote Originally Posted by Idaho Dan View Post
    Hey Nick,
    if this is a stupid question please disregard.
    Did you try the function button on the keyboard.
    That's all I have to do on this old HP laptop.
    [mine is fn + f8]

    Thanks, Dan.
    I tried this my button is the f2 and f8 an brightness meter comes up but it does not do anything when I try to change it.

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    Re: How do I adjust the screen brightness in Xfce?

    There is a XFCE4 plugin that lets you increase the brightness of the monitor easily.
    To install it just type at a terminal window:
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    sudo apt-get install xfce4-power-manager-plugins
    After installation just right-click with the mouse on the top panel. Then navogate to Panel >> add new items, and search for "Brightness Plugin".
    The plugin will appear in the upper right, so you can easily adjust the brightness of your monitor.

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