radeontool software package provides utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install radeontool
radeontool is installed in your system.
Make ensure the radeontool package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep radeontool *
You will get with radeontool package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | radeontool |
| Version | 1.6.3-1 |
| Description | utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops |
| Sub Section | Utils |