Two problems : no code and too much brightness

Hello. I inherited a computer (it belonged to my father) which has Zorin 9 on it ... As my father died, he cannot give me his codes ... and this laptop is really too bright .. I try to follow what you have written on the subject on the forum, but ... I understand nothing ... all I want is to lower the brightness of the screen a lot .. ... and I have none of my father's root code ... what i am doing now?

"The 'de facto' solution usually is to boot into advanced | recovery mode then from the recovery menu launch 'root' (terminal) then enter:

Code:

mount -n -o remount,rw /

then press Enter.

Code:

passwd your_username

then enter new password, shutdown and reboot."

[Source: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15297#p68833]

That said, you should really be looking to install Zorin 12 at least as Zorin 9 is no longer supported in respect of security updates. Doesn't the Fn key and designated keyboard keys in same colour for brightness work when pressed together?

i don't how to do all of your asking... and i dont have the original code

And even if i wanted to upgrade my Zorin... i dont have any clue to do this...

And anyway... all i want is to lower brightness of my screen... the rest doesn't matter to me...

Look here: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000594.htm

That is what Swarf is referring to.

Swarfendor437 wrote:Doesn't the Fn key and designated keyboard keys in same colour for brightness work when pressed together?

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