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[Bug 1241871] Re: 13.10 kernels (3.11.x) Fail to light up certain intel backlights

 

Well there's a couple of serious bugs in the existing installer right
now...

Btrfs is broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1224443
And this bug, which prevents installation of ubuntu onto a huge swath of ultrabooks out there, including the Dell XPS 13 "developer edition" which comes pre-installed with ubuntu..
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd

Not saying it looks bad or anything...

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

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Unknown
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux (not installed)
  Tags:  saucy
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-rc5-custom x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-17 (3 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm audio backup bluetooth bumblebee cdrom dip fuse lp lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo vboxusers video

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