Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #653985
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 653985

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Thom Shutt (thomshuttimperial) wrote : Re: backlight does not switch on at boot

It's a dirty hack, but if you plug in an external monitor during startup/installation then the backlight will work on the laptop display.