Steps 1, 1b, 3 from comment #26 worked for me. My Dell C400 with Karmic now activates the display after resuming from suspend. Yes! Thanks James!
$ lshal | grep -e system.hardware.product -e system.hardware.primary -e system.hardware.firmware system.hardware.primary_video.product = 13687 (0x3577) (int) system.hardware.primary_video.vendor = 32902 (0x8086) (int) system.hardware.product = 'Latitude C400' (string) -- pm-suspend with quirks does not restore backlight anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417599 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs