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+ <H1>[Mageia-discuss] New install - nearly black screen after reboot - Laptop</H1>
+ <B>Renaud (Ron) Olgiati</B>
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+ TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] New install - nearly black screen after reboot - Laptop">renaud at olgiati-in-paraguay.org
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+ <I>Wed May 30 14:55:15 CEST 2012</I>
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+<PRE>Reposting with a different subject line, since I found, when browsing for a
+solution, that this problem affects many more laptop models (and also other
+distributions).
+
+
+A solution:
+
+When installing Mageia (1 or 2) on a laptop, and you end up with a nearly
+black screen, and the Fn + v and Fn + ^ keys doing nothing :
+
+Reboot with the install DVD, and go for &quot;Upgrade Mageia&quot;
+
+When the install reaches the post-install config step:
+Go to Bootloader =&gt; Configure =&gt; Next
+
+You are now shown the various entries of the Grub menu and can modify them one
+by one.
+Just do that, adding acpi_osi=Linux to all the 'Mageia' lines.
+
+If you know that your laptop has this problem, you can do all this as part of
+the original Mageia install process, saves time ;-3)
+
+Be aware that for reasons unclear, the Fn keys for more or less backlight are
+inverted: Fn + ^ for less light, Fb + v for more.
+
+Cheers,
+
+Ron.
+--
+ I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't,
+ because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
+ -- Clarence Darrow
+
+ -- <A HREF="http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org">http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org</A> --
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