20.04: Adjust display brightness in smaller steps with brightness buttons
I must disappoint you because I cannot provide a native way without additional software. Just indicating how I implement brightness keys with a smaller incremental change.
I use the utility light
, which in recent versions of Ubuntu can be installed with the command sudo apt install light
. Otherwise, it can be installed from the github page of the author.
The command light -A 1
will increase brightness by 1%, light -U 1
will decrease brighness. I bound these commands to the keys Ctrl+Brightness Up/Down. The utility allows to define a minimum brightness, so you never blackout your screen.