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Intelligent display and Linux
Hello everyone.
A couple of days ago I have bought a new Inspiron 3135 laptop with Windows 8.
I like this laptop very much, but I hate Windows 8, so i installed Linux (Xubuntu 14.04) on it. It works perfectly exept for one thing: screen brightness is constanly changing depending on what is on the screen at the moment. Later I found out that this feature is called "Dell Intelligent Display" which can be disabled through "QuickSet" Utility. I had no luck trying to disable it on linux so I installed Windows 8 on external hard drive, booted from it and intalled Quickset utility. Now, if I uncheck the Intelligent Display in battery settings, the brightness stops changing, but only in Windows and if I boot Xubuntu, I still have this annoying feature.
So, my question is: how to disable the "Intelligent Display" feature on Linux?
Sorry for my bad english.
montefuscolo
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Posted September 26th, 2014 12:00
Hi,
I had the same problem with my screen. I installed the new Dell firmware (A07) today (27/09/2014) and this issue was resolved.
First, I created a bootable usb stick with Freedos. Follow this page to create yours ~> . http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/
After, you have to copy the firmware file to your usb stick with freedos. You can download file at http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=XFFJX
Finally, reboot your laptop using the usb stick and execute the firmware file.
That's all! It work's for me.
klad
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Posted July 21st, 2014 17:00
Sorry to get your hopes up by my reply, but I'm wondering the exact same thing. But unfortunately for me, not only cannot I disable the intelligent display in Linux, I can't disable it in windows 8.1 either!
On linux I've installed CCC and disabled intellibright, but it doesn't work.
On a fresh windows 8.1 install I've installed the AMD stuff as well as the dell quickset application. However, after going to sleep I have to enable and then re-disable the intelligent display options to shut it off again EVERY TIME.
What's wrong with dell intelligent display, and why is it so hard for us to turn it off? Does dell need to issue a BIOS update or something to fix this?