On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:14:35 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > My HP laptop tends to boot with a dim screen. (...) Hum... some of the new HP notebooks have a sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen depending on the ambient light. This can be turned off in windows but I dunno if there is such utility for linux :-? What video driver are you loading? Greetings, -- Camaleón