Because Windows 8 is actually coming out very soon many of Intel’s drivers have been made for windows 8.I would recommend trying these options first: Thanks for all the comments below that offer alternative suggestions. It’s a bit outdated (around 8 months), so there is a good chance that you don’t have to do these instructions. Luckily, this is easy enough to modify, as long as the kernel version is >= 3.13.x and < 4.2.Edit: I’m surprised that people are still look at this blog post. If it is, or when the brightness buttons are working, the issue is that the kernel can not detect where the brightness control is located. 
.īrightness does not change with keyboard shortcutsįirst, make sure vendor compatibility is on in the kernel configuration. Kernel with version 4.2 or newer is needed with some 8th generation chipsets.
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