backlight control not working

[Neal Becker]

Rex Dieter wrote:

> On 02/18/2013 12:00 PM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> I just did a clean re-install on my hp laptop.  I had been running
>> f18 + kde-4.10.
>>
>> Now I'm running f18 with stock kde.  When I bring up powermon, there's a
>> slider
>> for brightness.  I can move it, but nothing happens.  Screen is too dim.
>>
>> I logged into gnome, and with it's powermonitor, I was able to change
>> brightness.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Maybe I should install kde-4.10?
> 
> What video card/chipset and driver are you using?
> 
> -- rex
> 
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[     6.075] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     6.075] 	compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 1.0.6

[     6.081] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NV86"

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8600M GS] 
(rev a1)