With the 3.14 kernel (available in backports), a better solution is to blacklist the ideapad_laptop module. Pressing the key to reduce the display brightness may turn it back on! Or, add this option to the kernel command line: i915.invert_brightness=1Įcho options i915 invert_brightness=1 | tee /etc/modprobe.d/nf If the display turns off during boot, this is due to the backlight being turned off instead of on to full. All the other partitions are used by Windows and can be removed if desired). When installing, the EFI boot partition needs to be preserved. Note that the laptop forgets this configuration once the USB drive is removed. This lets it come up in a working video mode. Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive first by default. If the Debian boot menu does not occupy the whole screen, or the Debian installer's display is unreadable, use the following workaround: Power off laptop. To access the BIOS boot menu, press and hold the small round button next tp the power button while powering on the laptop.Ī USB drive can be used to boot Debian, using any standard amd64 or i386 Debian ISO.
It must be disabled in the BIOS to boot current versions of Debian. = Configuration Required = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware
= OK Unsupported(No Driver) = Error (Couldn't get it working) Unknown, Not Test Not-applicable
