I have the same machine and the same bug, and just updated my bios to 2.20. The black screen problem still occurs. Here is my output from sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date:
V2.20 08/29/2013 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224415 Title: 8086:0a16 [Acer Aspire V5-573G] Black screen on boot due to low brightness setting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1224415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
