As a fan of Salix 13.0.2a I welcomed the new 13.37 version and eagerly installed it in my laptop. It installed without any problems, right up to the log-in screen, after which, when the xfce desktop loads, the backlight of my LCD screen turned off. I am sure of this since I could still make out the new desktop background, icons and xcfe menu (very nice by the way) by lighting it up with a reading lamp.
There is a keyboard shortcut which can turn off and on my laptop. I did that too and noticed that the backlight briefly turned on but turned off again. Is this a kernel issue which affects only particular model of laptops? Is there a fix? (I notice the same behavior running a Mint 11 live dvd in this very laptop) As of now, I have 13.0.2a on my laptop but I really dig the new desktop of 13.37.
Laptop Specs:
Acer Aspire 4736z
T4200, Intel GMA 4500M
Bluetooth and Wifi (forgot brands)
2GB DDR3, 250GBHD
Dual booting WinXP and Salix OS 13.0.2a
Thank you.
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