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set xbacklight on thinkpad.md

How to set the monitors dimmer in Linux

Check the driver

Go to /sys/class/backlight and check if you have intel_backlight

Customizing settings

~~add acpi_backlight=vendor to the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line~~
create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-intel.conf file
add the following configs into the file created above

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
    Driver      "intel"
    Option      "Backlight"  "intel_backlight"
EndSection

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