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How to make screen brighter on hp laptop

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Installing amd gpu drivers from the official website. By the way, the value of /sys/class/backlight/max_brightness is 49 and I can't change that, even as root.

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The value of that file actually does change when I press the brightness keys but the brightness doesn'tchange. I also tried changing the value of acpi_backlight to none and that doesn't work either.Ĭhanging the value of /sys/class/backlight/brightness. Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1080, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080ĭefault connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mmĪnd when I type xrandr -output default -brightness 1 it outputs xrandr: Gamma size is 0.Ĭhanging the line in /etc/default/grub to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor' This just stops the brightness keys from working altogether. Xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default When I type xrandr, it outputs the following:

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None of the controls affect the brightness in any way. Additionally, the screen is very dim (about half the brightness when I use windows 10). When I press the built in brightness control keys, the brightness bar pops up and goes up and down but it doesn't actually do anything. I just installed ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and the brightness controls do not work.