Dim screen on laptop

[cpetersen]

I have an HP zbook 17 G6 running Zorin Core 15.3. Even when plugged into AC the laptop monitor is dim. I do not have that problem when I dual boot to Windows. I have a second monitor connected and that is bright with no problems. I have seen various posts about going to power settings, but when I go to main menu/settings all I get is a dialogue box with About/Date & Time/Users/Default Applications. When I was trying out the Lite version I had no problem getting to all the settings. I also installed caffeine via the CLI to no effect.

Also I have an ongoing issue that when I boot I get a black screen with garbled lines on it. I close the lid, reopen it, then everything works. I am not trying to fix this issue, I just thought I should mention it. This laptop has dual graphics cards, an Intel built in and a discrete Nvidia Quadro. I have gone into the BIOS and tried Hybrid, Discrete and Auto for for my graphics options with no effect on either problem.

thanks,
c

[carmar]

You don’t see the screen brightness (as below) under your settings?

Just throwing this in for any future readers to reference for background: Garbled monitor at boot until I close laptop lid and reopen it

[cpetersen]

Nope. Don’t get that at all, strangely enough. All I get is the dialogue box attached.

Weird isn’t it?

[carmar]

You’re in Details sub-level, back out (click “<” in upper left corner) and go to the main Settings page and then go to Power. 2 selections above Details. See the left pane on my earlier picture.

[cpetersen]

Thank you so much! Now all is right and good again in my Linux world!