Comment 7 for bug 686216

I am getting this problem on kubuntu 11.10 64-bit (Testing), fully up to date as of today.

Same thing, the boot process is dimmed (one can just make out the boot logo and login screen in a dark room) and have to turn up the brightness at login screen.

HP Pavillion dm4-1150ea

Only had the laptop a couple of days so not messed around with it much to try workarounds/experiments.

Any information I can provide to help?