MacBook(Pro) with Nvidia graphics adapter display backlight fix call for testing

[linuxbest]

sorry, after chmod a+r, it can download.

[linuxbest]

Ok, I package with ubuntu dkms, dpkg -i /tmp/mbp*.deb

this driver will support all intel base macbook.

[ercoppa]

Yeah! Work for me on MacBook 5,1. Thanks a lot linuxbest!!

Issues:
- power manager applet of gnome doesn't work
- change with echo works only in tty

[Nikos.Alexandris]

after half day reserved with apple driver for windows xp, I geting the brightness control works in linux with Macbook5,1. Hope the driver will good works in all intel base mac book.

I put the source code here:
http://bj.soulinfo.com/~hugang/mac5_1/bl/

Issue:
echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness
I using NVIDIA xorg driver, I must switch back to text mode, doing echo, in x11 echo change nothing.

Let us test it...

[_mario_]

after half day reserved with apple driver for windows xp, I geting the brightness control works in linux with Macbook5,1. Hope the driver will good works in all intel base mac book.

I put the source code here:
http://bj.soulinfo.com/~hugang/mac5_1/bl/

great work. thanks. that's good news.

in the meantime i tried to prepare a patch for upstream inclusion for which i cleaned up the init code as well as changed handling of brightness after hibernation, so i'd like to release the next version.

btw: to name you appropriately, would you tell me your name? (or send me a private message?)

ciao,
Mario

EDIT: removed attachments. use the mactel PPA instead.

[Nikos.Alexandris]

great work. thanks. that's good news.

in the meantime i tried to prepare a patch for upstream inclusion for which i cleaned up the init code as well as changed handling of brightness after hibernation, so i'd like to release the next version.

btw: to name you appropriately, would you tell me your name? (or send me a private message?)

ciao,
Mario

Sorry folks, does not work for me After suspend I get a super-bright LCD.

[linuxbest]

My name is hu gang.

My macbook5,1 is ok after suspend, do you installed vbetools, we need it doing vga bio init after resume, without it noting works.

[Nikos.Alexandris]

after half day reserved with apple driver for windows xp, I geting the brightness control works in linux with Macbook5,1. Hope the driver will good works in all intel base mac book.

I put the source code here:
http://bj.soulinfo.com/~hugang/mac5_1/bl/

Issue:
echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness
I using NVIDIA xorg driver, I must switch back to text mode, doing echo, in x11 echo change nothing.

MBP5,1

The brightness directory does not even exist!?

$ echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness
bash: /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness: No such file or directory

Furthermore, after the latest usbhid-dkms update the system does not shutdown properly anymore!?

[linuxbest]

which package are you installed?

can you output the lsmod here.

[linuxbest]

or try this,

sudo rmmod mbp_nvidia_bl
sudo modprobe mbp_nvidia_bl

cat /sys/class/backlight/mbp_backlight/brightness