Hey, thanks sma!!! It really worked! Great tip! I've been searching for the answer for a looong time.
I'm using an acer 5732z and i already had ubuntu 12.10 installed. I only followed your advice starting with the grub part and it still worked. -- 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/linux/+bug/765438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs