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  1. Bug #954661
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Comment 18 for bug 954661

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Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa) wrote :

I've written a patch which provides a new kernel boot param "i915.enable_backlight=0".

    i915.enable_backlight=0 can be used to disable i915 backlight control
    and the /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight interface -- useful for
    systems where intel_backight conflicts with BIOS backlight control.

An Ubuntu Precise PPA kernel with the patch applied is here: https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/i915-enable-backlight

Mario/others, please apply the PPA kernel, then boot with "i915.enable_backlight=0". This should resolve the problem (it does on my XPS13). Please confirm.