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  1. Bug #226894
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 226894

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: [Bug 226894] Re: Backlight control does not work on MacBook Pro 3.1

MacBook Pro 5,4 requires nvidia_bl_dkms (NOT mbp_nvidia_bl_dkms) from the
Karmic Mactel PPA. Come on it's not too late to slip this fix in to the main
lucid release!

On 16 March 2010 18:48, Colin D Bennett <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have a MacBook Pro 5,1 and my LCD backlight stopped working in Karmic
> after some package update a couple months ago. The Fn keys work but as
> the notification bubble brightness bar changes, the LCD backlight
> brightness does not change (it's fixed at the maximum level).
>
> I inserted the mbp_nvidia_bl kernel module and voila! I can echo N to
> /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness to now adjust it.
> However, the Fn keys have no effect.
>
> --
> Backlight control does not work on MacBook Pro 3.1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226894
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