I already have pommed installed and the brightness keys still don't work, and I shouldn't have to install any program that doesn't come in the base installation of ubuntu anyway.
I'll have a look through hotkey troubleshooting now to see what I can do. ** Package changed: hal (Ubuntu) => gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) -- Brightness hotkeys not working on MacBook 5,2 and 4,1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434071 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: hal On a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10, the brightness hotkeys are not working at all on a MacBook5,2. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 21 16:17:06 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Package: hal 0.5.13-1ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic SourcePackage: hal Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

