I'm also seeing this on Hardy with 64-bit kernel 2.6.24-2.4 on a Thinkpad X61s.
Neither the acpi_sleep nor the POST_VIDEO suggestions work for me, but I can get the backlight back by switching to another VT (e.g. with Ctrl+Alt+F6) and then back.
I'm also seeing this on Hardy with 64-bit kernel 2.6.24-2.4 on a Thinkpad X61s.
Neither the acpi_sleep nor the POST_VIDEO suggestions work for me, but I can get the backlight back by switching to another VT (e.g. with Ctrl+Alt+F6) and then back.