Thank you for everyone who commented on this thread. With the exception of my hardware keys beings reversed, with the information on this post I was able to get Linux to install and the back light restored. I have a Gateway NV78.
I ended up adding "acpi_osi=Linux" to /etc/default/grub, "setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=00" to etc/rc.local, and installing the back light patched kernel. "acpi_osi=Linux" restored backwards functionality to the hardware buttons, "setpci -s..." set my back light to max on boot, and the back light patched kernel allowed me to use the hardware buttons after going into suspend mode or if the screen dimmed. I also ended up having to use "i915.broken=1/i915.alse_backlight=1" to get in with the boot cd. Not sure why, but "acpi_osi=Linux" wasn't doing it for me then. Thank you all again! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765438 Title: On startup, the backlight is off on laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/765438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
