Jerry you do have it set to illuminate in low light conditions. There  
is a check box in the Keyboard & Mouse section of System preferences.

On Apr 10, 2008, at 10:31 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:

> 15" MBP 2.4 GHz (late 2007) OS X 10.5.2 (current)
>
> 1. the keyboard ambient light sensor appears to have stopped  
> working. i reset the SMC, but the keyboard sensor still does not  
> work, even in a completely dark room with the screen dimmed off. (me  
> and my MBP in the dark, wife says what you doing in the dark fool?  
> testing :)
>
> could the sensor be covered with dust, grime, or debris?
>
> i installed [1] labtick which allows manual control of the keyboard  
> backlight, including brightness adjustment. possibly labtick makes  
> more sense for battery usage.
>
> tia. best...jf
>
> [1] http://labtick.proculo.de/
>
>
>
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