After more searching regarding this same issue seen in Intrepid it seems there was a gnome-power-manager provided in the PPA to help address light-sensor readings adjusting the brightness of keyboard backlight. I've also tried mucking around in this file /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-applesmc.fdi and this one /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-macbookpro-utils.fdi
but didn't successfully accomplish anything. These seem to be the main 2 involved though. -- [Jaunty] MacBook 5.1 keyboard backlight not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): New Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The keyboard backlight on the MacBook 5.1 is not supported as of Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04) Alpha 5. This is supported in Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10) by the Mactel PPA packages hal-applesmc, hid-dkms, and possibly nvidia-bl-dkms, though I installed the nvidia-bl-dkms package for Jaunty. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
