I did the same exact thing and I got the same exact results. I have to press FN and the left arrow key to get the back light on.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Kenneth Thorell <765...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I did the same with my Emachines g525 ubuntu 12.10 64 bit > and i did the edit in rc.local > and the same when suspend the screen is black > > problem no. two with this is that sometimes the screen goes into suspend > still after i have set the screenlock to never suspend and in power > setting that nothing should happened even if i close my lid > > i have tried to get help regarding my second but no one can help with this > but still the backlight problem is not solved on my machine > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (772050). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765438 > > Title: > On startup, the backlight is off on laptop > > Status in The Linux Kernel: > Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “linux” package in Fedora: > New > > Bug description: > When Ubuntu starts up, the back-light is off on my laptop. I can plug > it into an external monitor and the display is fine. I can easily > turn the back-light on with "sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=[HEX]" where > 00 is the brightest and FF is off. In past distributions, the GUI- > based brightness utilities did not work and I used this command to > change by back-light brightness. I know that there are many people > who can not use back-light GUI-utilities on the past distributions as > well. This issue also occurs if I close my screen and raise it again. > > This issue also effected the installation process as well as when I > was using the i686 installer. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 > Architecture: amd64 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] > CompositorRunning: compiz > CurrentDmesg: > [ 29.430043] eth0: no IPv6 routers present > [ 30.988586] EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: > errors=remount-ro,commit=0 > DRM.card0.DP.1: > status: disconnected > enabled: disabled > dpms: Off > modes: > edid-base64: > DRM.card0.LVDS.1: > status: connected > enabled: enabled > dpms: On > modes: 1366x768 > edid-base64: > AP///////wANr5kVAAAAAAcUAQOAIhN4Cj2VlFZPjigmUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBeh1W0lAAHjA8KDYAWMEQAAAYAAAA/gBOMTU2QjMtTDBCCiAgAAAA/gBDTU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBOMTU2QjMtTDBCCiAgAEg= > DRM.card0.VGA.1: > status: disconnected > enabled: disabled > dpms: Off > modes: > edid-base64: > Date: Mon Apr 18 21:34:59 2011 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: natty > DistroVariant: ubuntu > GdmLog1: > > GdmLog2: > > GraphicsCard: > Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics > Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0459] > Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0459] > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413) > MachineType: eMachines eMachines E527 > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic > root=UUID=83376c0e-9440-4ba9-bbdb-363565bf5e72 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > Renderer: Unknown > SourcePackage: xorg > Symptom: display > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 04/16/2010 > dmi.bios.vendor: eMachines > dmi.bios.version: V1.01 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag > dmi.board.name: eMachines E527 > dmi.board.vendor: eMachines > dmi.board.version: V1.01 > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines > dmi.chassis.version: V1.01 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvneMachines:bvrV1.01:bd04/16/2010:svneMachines:pneMachinesE527:pvrV1.01:rvneMachines:rneMachinesE527:rvrV1.01:cvneMachines:ct10:cvrV1.01: > dmi.product.name: eMachines E527 > dmi.product.version: V1.01 > dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110411-0ubuntu1 > version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu12 > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/765438/+subscriptions > -- *** * *“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today." 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