Bug#571215: Backlight turned off during bootup

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Uli Schlachter wrote:
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> maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:58:54PM +0100, Uli Schlachter wrote:
> >> This morning when I booted my laptop, right after grub was done, the backlight
> >> turned off. I collected the attached info by entering my HDD passphrase blindly
> >> and starting up X (which partly worked but was damn slow).
> >>
> >> Kernel is 2.6.32-trunk-amd64.
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> > old, newer one is available in unstable: 2.6.32-8, check against it.
> 
> Uhm, I might be blind...
> I installed the following. I'll report back with the results this
> evening.
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> [AKTUALISIERUNG] linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+23 -> 2.6.32+24

please corret your apt sources or whatever, I spoke about unstable
and there you have linux-image-2.6.32-2-amd64
 
> ii  hotkey-setup                        0.1-23
> auto-configures laptop hotkeys

nuke it and reboot, probably cures your trouble not to have it.