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#1 2010-05-16 18:10:40

Lea
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pommed backlight macbook aluminium

Hi. I have pommed, but i can't set my backlight on screen. Does someone know how to fix this? Tnx.

Last edited by Lea (2010-05-16 18:10:56)

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#2 2010-05-19 19:37:50

Ekimino
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

Using pommed made the backlight screen work on tty, but this is what I did to get it working on X.

You need to compile a module called nvidia-bl for the backlight to work on Xorg.

PKGBUILD

makepkg -i -s
modprobe nvidia-bl

and finally add nvidia-bl in /etc/rc.conf

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#3 2010-05-20 07:15:16

Lea
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

Well I did everything what you said, but it's still not working. It's true that works in tty. smile
When I am in X and type pommed -d i get this errors:

KBD backlight value is 0
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
E: Not primary DBus name owner
Ambient light: right 0, left 4
Ambient light lower threshold reached
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
E: Not primary DBus name owner
Ambient light: right 0, left 4
Ambient light lower threshold reached
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
E: Not primary DBus name owner
Ambient light: right 0, left 4
Ambient light lower threshold reached
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
Trying /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
KBD backlight value is 0
E: Not primary DBus name owner
Ambient light: right 0, left 4
Ambient light lower thres

Does someone know what to do now?

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#4 2010-05-20 09:44:36

hume's doona
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

I only start pommed occasionally to eject CD's etc, I find it makes my macbook pro overheat... without it, it runs cooler and I don't need the added stuff

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#5 2010-05-20 09:50:15

Lea
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

But how you control backlight then?

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#6 2010-05-20 16:36:35

Ekimino
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

installing nvidia-bl made gnome automatically recognize the keys and worked on X. I pretty sure this is made by gnome-power-manager, if you're not using gnome xfce alos has a power manager and i bet KDE has also one, if you're a WM type of guy, you could try to map the keys in Xorg to adjust brightness.

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#7 2010-07-13 15:33:07

espace.ariane
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

if you're a WM type of guy, you could try to map the keys in Xorg to adjust brightness.

How would you do that ?

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#8 2010-07-13 16:00:41

litemotiv
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

espace.ariane wrote:

if you're a WM type of guy, you could try to map the keys in Xorg to adjust brightness.

How would you do that ?

Check the wiki for keyboard or acpi events


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#9 2010-07-13 19:11:07

litemotiv
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

hume's doona wrote:

I only start pommed occasionally to eject CD's etc, I find it makes my macbook pro overheat... without it, it runs cooler and I don't need the added stuff

good call, i stopped pommed for a while and it's definitely running cooler now.


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#10 2010-07-16 10:24:03

espace.ariane
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

litemotiv wrote:
espace.ariane wrote:

if you're a WM type of guy, you could try to map the keys in Xorg to adjust brightness.

How would you do that ?

Check the wiki for keyboard or acpi events

Okay, thanks :-)

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#11 2011-11-07 14:06:42

einyx
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Re: pommed backlight macbook aluminium

Try to add this in your xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
    Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" <----
EndSection

Last edited by einyx (2011-11-07 14:07:11)

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