This "initial brightness zero bug" is an ACPI problem and a work around fix patch is headed for kernel 3.13. Chances are good that it gets backported to kernel 3.12. Details at: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71596
I think Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1224415 is a duplicate of this one too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1239183 Title: 8086:0a16 [Acer Aspire V5-573G] Black screen on boot due to low brightness setting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1239183/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs