Comment 10 for bug 12637

Honestly, I'm putting this laptop on Ebay, because Gateway's lack of support in fixing a hinge
cracking issue has really pissed me off. This is the second time the laptop's hinge has cracked, and
this time they won't ship it to my overseas military address. Anyway, when the laptop boots, the
bootup text quickly scrolls down the screen. When, it says "Ok, booting the kernel...", that's when
brightness is automatically switched to very low. Then, I immediately use th "Fn" + brightness
up/down (F7/F8) to increase it back up. Actually, the laptop buttons [Fn and brightness minus (F7)]
must be used before [Fn and brightness plus (F8)] will work to successfully increase the brightness.
This is probably some sort of BIOS bug, but that's all the information I can provide with my limited
knowledge. Sorry about selling it, but I must do it before the warranty ends. Thanks.