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[Gabriel Devenyi <ace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Bug has been ongoing since 3.10-rc6

Certain UEFI laptops incorrectly report their BPP on their display,
causing kernel modesetting to fail

Full details see:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59841

Developers have refused to quirk the regression, causing no display on a
a large number of systems.

Upgraded installations will boot with no display, and the installer will
have no display.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241871

Title:
  13.10 kernels (3.11.x) Fail to light up certain intel backlights

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Bug has been ongoing since 3.10-rc6

  Certain UEFI laptops incorrectly report their BPP on their display,
  causing kernel modesetting to fail

  Full details see:
  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59841

  Developers have refused to quirk the regression, causing no display on
  a a large number of systems.

  Upgraded installations will boot with no display, and the installer
  will have no display.

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