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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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<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 "Upgrade Mageia"
When the install reaches the post-install config step:
Go to Bootloader => Configure => 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.
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because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
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