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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Anmar Oueja, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update is available for your BIOS (2.59). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Summary changed:

- brightness stepping is incorrect (double what it should be)
+ 8086:0166 [Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon] Brightness stepping is incorrect (double what it should be)

** Tags added: bios-outdated-2.59

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => Low

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Expired => Incomplete

** Attachment removed: "Screenshot from 2013-09-27 01:44:43.png"
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Title:
  8086:0166 [Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon] Brightness stepping is incorrect
  (double what it should be)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Problem:  When I press the laptop screen brighteness, each step yield
  an event that is displayed on the OSD but the screen brightness
  doesn't change until the third press. Same happens for decreasing or
  increasing the brightness.

  Exepcted behaviour: Each press of the brightness button on the laptop,
  yield a visible change in the brightness of the LCD scree.

  Workaround: This seems documented and works perfectly. The work around
  is to type this in terminal:

  sudo sh -c 'echo -n 0 >
  /sys/module/video/parameters/brightness_switch_enabled'

  More details are here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/173921/why-does-
  my-thinkpad-brightness-control-skip-steps

  I think this should be fixed in 13.10.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-4-generic 3.11.0-4.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  anmar      1798 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Fri Sep  6 11:23:20 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2e39ee55-2a87-4298-a2d0-1c8ef5de5a96
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-09 (27 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130809)
  MachineType: LENOVO 3443CTO
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-4-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=1784df7c-8b5f-4550-84f2-13e73c2915fe ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-4-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-4-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.113
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/29/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: G6ET96WW (2.56 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 3443CTO
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Win8 STD DPK TPG
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG6ET96WW(2.56):bd04/29/2013:svnLENOVO:pn3443CTO:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon:rvnLENOVO:rn3443CTO:rvrWin8STDDPKTPG:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 3443CTO
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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