Samsung NC10

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 to 11CA 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
• The reference page Brightness Keys - kernel patch Samsung NC10 on Ubuntu 8.10
• The reference page Samsung NC10 on Ubuntu 10.04