What works: | Cinnamon 17.1 32-bit Live DVD boots from external USB drive, goes online.
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What doesn't work: | Brightness is not adjustable. The keys work and the visual feedback "slider" moves between ~90% and full, but the brightness stays the same.
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What was done to make it work: | Brightness is adjustable before OS boots, e.g. on syslinux boot menu.
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Additional notes: | atom n450 CPU, integrated graphics, n10/ich7 chipset.
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