Add Brightness Control in UBUNTU

If like me you own a Samsung Laptop or Netbook you'll have had problems with Brightness Control after installing Versions of Ubuntu...
This definitely WORKS for Samsungs AND SHOULD WORK for ALL other Computers too.

I found this on Ubuntuhandbook.org
Originally posted as being for elementary OS... It works in Lubuntu too

Open a Terminal and copy these individual commands
To copy... (Hilite command and hold Ctrl Key and tap C Key)
To paste into Terminal - go to Edit menu > select Paste )

sudo apt-get update

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa

sudo apt-get install indicator-brightness

When terminal has finished...

Brightness indicator appears in Accessories Menu (in Lubuntu)

clicking on Brightness indicator doesn't appear to do anything - But -
If you look in the bottom right system tray (in Lubuntu)
you'll see a NEW ICON looks like an 8 petal Flower THAT is Brightness indicator

Left click it to bring up the 'scale' 0 - 8. the current brightness is shown by a black dot
choose a higher number to brighten - a lower one to darken the screen

To REMOVE all traces - if it DOESN'T work..
(many of these things do not work after a Kernel upgrade)..

Open a Terminal...

sudo apt-get remove indicator-brightness

Then remove the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa

All gone...

 

Wow, thanks! I'm using Ubuntu on my second laptop and this will definitely help me out, I was looking for something like this for quite a long while.