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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel Devenyi, please boot into the release prior to 3.10-rc6 that worked for you via http://releases.ubuntu.com/ (live environment is fine) and execute the following at a terminal:
apport-collect 1241871

** Description changed:

- Bug has been ongoing since 3.10-rc6
+ Bug has been ongoing since 3.10-rc6 my laptop incorrectly reports the
+ BPP on the display, causing kernel modesetting to fail.
  
- 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
+ Upgraded installations will boot with no display, and the installer will
+ have no display.

** Summary changed:

- 13.10 kernels (3.11.x) Fail to light up certain intel backlights
+ 13.10 kernels (3.11.x) Fail to light up my laptop

** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  13.10 kernels (3.11.x) Fail to light up my laptop

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

Bug description:
  Bug has been ongoing since 3.10-rc6 my laptop incorrectly reports the
  BPP on the display, causing kernel modesetting to fail.

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

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