This patch addresses kernel bug 56661. BIOS reports an incorrect backlight value, causing the driver to switch off the backlight completely during startup. This patch ignores the incorrect value from BIOS. References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56661 Signed-off-by: Ash Willis <ashwillis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/video.c 2013-05-24 02:31:26.755501838 +0100 +++ linux/drivers/acpi/video.c 2013-05-24 03:30:34.635596848 +0100 @@ -458,6 +458,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id video_dmi_ta }, { .callback = video_ignore_initial_backlight, + .ident = "HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC", + .matches = { + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"), + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC"), + }, + }, + { + .callback = video_ignore_initial_backlight, .ident = "HP 1000 Notebook PC", .matches = { DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"), --- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html