Xbacklight Controll Brightness (Intel ONLY)

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Follow these steps with ease,

First: Install xbacklight from ppm
Before you do, please UPDATE PPM DATABASE FIRST (if you haven't)
To update database simply click the crowbar icon->choose 2nd tab which is UPDATE DATABASE->UPDATE NOW
To install xbacklight, simply click Quickpet->ppm->type "xbacklight" in the searchbar->Enter->choose "xbacklight"->DO it(Install)

Second: Prepare the shortcut key
Menu->Desktop->JWM Desk Manager->JWM Hotkey->Add NEW Shortcut(U can use any existing hotkey if you want to)
Codes:
Increase Brightness by 10%

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exec:xbacklight -inc 10

Decrease Brightness by 10%

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exec:xbacklight -dec 10

after adding those 2 shortcuts, apply it, and quit the JWM Manager

Third: Magic seasoning Code
as you notice, you will get "no backlight output" if you do it manually in console. To make it work you have to edit a file, lets do it in console for easy fix.
In console type:

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geany /etc/X11/xorg.conf

careful, case sensitive
Now, look up "Device" Section
change it to this:

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

Fourth: FINALE
Reboot, or do Restart Graphical Server, and try your magic key. enjoy.