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FS#46899 - [linux] 4.2.4 Very Dim Laptop Screen Since Upgrade of Kernel
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Opened by Richard Kut (rkut) - Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 13:54 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 16 October 2017, 07:37 GMT
Opened by Richard Kut (rkut) - Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 13:54 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 16 October 2017, 07:37 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
Since my upgrade yesterday of the Linux kernel to version 4.2.4 my screen is almost completely black when starting my laptop. The laptop is an IBM ThinkPad T60, and I am using KDE 5. The graphics card is an ATI. The BIOS screens prior to displaying KDM are at a normal brightness, but as soon as KDM starts the display brightness drops to an unusable minimum level. For the time being I have added the nomodeset option to the grub.cfg file, and this fixes the problem. However, the graphics performance has suffered as a result. Please look into why this is happening as soon as you can. Thank You Additional info: * package version(s) Linux kernel 4.2.4 * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 4.2.4 and reboot. |
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What do you really expect us to do? Is this a packaging problem?
I do not know if it is a problem related to packaging, or if it is due to an upstream change. I opened the bug hoping that this would be determined via some research.