#387 - 20141221 - Fix laptop backlight hotkeys with Intel Nvidia hybrid graphics using Bumblebee

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Fix the backlight Fn hot keys on your Asus (and others) laptop with Intel / Nvidia hybrid graphics running Xubuntu Linux 14.04 or 14.10 with Bumblebee. Also valid for Edubuntu, Lubuntu and Ubuntu Studio, possibly also Ubuntu and Kubuntu. Not only will you fix the backlight but you'll get the full potential from the Nvidia discrete graphics adapter for Linux gaming too!

Copy and paste contents below for file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

To install Bumblebee, copy and paste in terminal:

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

Copy and paste at end of file /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "DiscreteNvidia"
EndSection

Other links worth reading
http://itsfoss.com/fix-brightness-ubuntu-1310/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
http://alt-nrg.org/forum/index.php?topic=9.0
https://obsproject.com/

I will be doing more of these tutorials in hopes of liberating more of you from Microsoft.

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