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  1. Bug #189260
  2. Comment #45

Comment 45 for bug 189260

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htoug (hetoug) wrote :

Switch to a text console and back does switch the backlight on. In gutsy it happened automatically, for the Thinkpad X61 at least, by using the fix in http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_display_remaining_black_after_resume:

  By setting the following in /etc/default/acpi-support the display comes back on X61s using Intel chipset:

    DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true

This does not work after upgrading to hardy.