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Ace Frehley
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 Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:59 pm Post subject: Ubuntu and Fedora 16 |
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| I recently installed ubuntu 11.10 and then tried fedora 16. Both turned off the backlight to my computer. How can I install linux and keep the backlight on? |
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nelz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Add this to the boot options in GRUB
If that fails, try
| Code: | | acpi_osi=Linux i915.broken="1" |
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