As expected this bug also impacts Mint, beginning with Mint 10 and on and on and on. Nine worked.
Just in case it might help, when using an external monitor, opening a video file in most players or video editors will turn on the laptop back light. Opening the app does nothing, but the app opening the file will turn on the backlight. Oddly, using the movie player included with the Mint distribution will not.
As expected this bug also impacts Mint, beginning with Mint 10 and on and on and on. Nine worked.
Just in case it might help, when using an external monitor, opening a video file in most players or video editors will turn on the laptop back light. Opening the app does nothing, but the app opening the file will turn on the backlight. Oddly, using the movie player included with the Mint distribution will not.