On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 21:13 -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > 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, > > Have you consulted #Ubuntu on Ubuntu IRC or perhaps Forums?
I searched the guides, where I found similar problems with other lap tops and older distros (that's where the idea to use "nomodeset" came from, as well as some acpi flags that didn't help). But nothing specific to this one. -- Tim Wescott www.wescottdesign.com Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
