On 09/28/2010 02:18 AM, Luis Catane wrote: > My machine is running on an Intel Core i3-330M Processor with Intel HD > Graphics built-in to the chip. It's a Dell Studio 17 laptop by the > way. Everything > on the screen is so dim it might as well be black. I tried booting from > both Ubuntu and Fedora Live CD's. Dimming was not a problem for either of > those distros. I talked to some IT guy who suggested I hunt down a > parameter called 'gamma' and adjust it. I hope someone here can point me in > the right direction. I really want to give SL a try. presuming you are using kde desktop; click the "K" of menu button, under 'all applications', look for 'control center' and click on it. in 'control center' window, click "+" sign next to 'peripherals' to open then click 'display'. center tab labeled 'monitor gamma' is where you set 'gamma'. mine read; gamma: 1.00 red: 0.85 green: 1.00 blue: 0.90 i also have 'save settings to XF86Config' checked. hth. > > > Cheers, > > > Luis Catane > Molecular Foundry > LBL > -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****