Today I decide to switch to latest kernel (3.17-rc1
) on my IdeaPad y510p. I
hit only one annoying problem until now - after booting my main screen was dimmed. I
tried all instructions from top google hits for all possible configurations of
keywords linux
, y510p
, backlight issue
, etc.
Especially I tried all methods from Arch Wiki.
Finally I found solution, by greping modinfo
for my Intel graphics card:
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So simple modification in /etc/default/grub
by adding kernel parameter to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
fix the issue:
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After that:
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And all things should work fine.

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