On 11/11/2011 08:56 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: > I just upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 11.10, and whenever I close the lid > the backlight goes off. > > That would be a good thing, except that when I open the lid the backlight > does not come on. This is new with Ubuntu 11.10. > > I've found some web pages that relate similar symptoms with Linux and > various other laptops, but the diagnosed root causes seem to be all over > the map, and none of the suggested work-arounds seem to work around the > problem for me, except for setting 'nomodeset' in grub which messes up my > screen aspect ratio. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > Hi Tim,
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