Samsung NC10

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This page is dedicated to the NetBook Samsung NC10.

Brightness keys not working

The brightness keys Fn-Brightness up and Fn-Brightness down does not work under Ubuntu (Karmic, Lucid). Here are some workarounds:

  • Use command-line (see [1])
sudo setpci -s 00:02.1 f4.b=77     # where 77 (00-ff) is the brightness value
  • In Gnome, add Brightness Applet
  • Upgrade the BIOS of the netbook (see Flash your Samsung NC10’s BIOS from Linux). It requires the utility flashrom.
  • Adding 2 scripts in /etc/acpi (see [2])
    Does not work for me but many other fix on the same page (including using Compiz...
  • Other fixes here:
    • Using Brightness Applet
    • Using xbacklight