I think there are two bugs here. The first one about the backlight appears to be fixed for most people (the suspend issue is probably a separate bug).
The second bug with the screen split by a diagonal black line (which only occurred when working around the first bug) might be https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38851 , which has been fixed upstream in the recently released kernel 3.1-rc1, and cc'd to the stable kernel maintainers for their consideration. A PPA of this kernel is available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #38851 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38851 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705949 Title: (Needs Q4 -intel) [Arrandale] Gateway NV79 Backlight and Monitor trouble To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/705949/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
