I also have the same bug on the same excact Ubuntu release and Same Sony Laptop VPCS111FM. Except I am using the 64bit release Ubuntu 11.10.
It was working fine on the last 2 releases prior. I was using 32bit 11.04/10.10 prior. I was thinking it was a 64 bit thing but I loaded the 32bit 11.10 and samething happened, no keyboard backlight until i ran echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/kbd_backlight So I then proceeded to reinstall 64bit 11.10 back on my PC as everything else was working fine other then that. I am fully updated to the last updates as of today. and problem still persist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887013 Title: Keyboard backlight no longer enabled by default in 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/887013/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
