https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41467
--- Comment #13 from Michael Lothian mike@fireburn.co.uk 2011-10-05 19:51:32 PDT --- Yes it was the backlight - fortunately for me the buttons on my laptop work at increasing the brightness thanks to hp-wmi
Now I just need to figure out how to make it always boot with the backlight on
Thanks for the help