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[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've identified a problem that's causing the apple_backlight device to
stop working. I'll get this fixed and upload a new version of the
driver. Until that's done please hold off on testing.

Thanks,
Seth

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:55:34AM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been doing some work on the Apple backlight driver in the Linux
> kernel to get support for adjusting the screen brightness via the gmux
> device. This will hopefully get working screen brightness adjustment for
> all Macs that that don't currently have it. This support has been
> floating around in various forms for a while now, and what I'm trying to
> do is get it into stock Ubuntu so brightness adjustment will work
> out-of-the box, more or less.
> 
> The driver changes are pretty much complete, and now I'd like to get
> testing on as many different Apple models as possible. If you've got a
> machine with a built-in dispaly and would be willing to test, please
> visit the following page for instructions on how you can help.
> 
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/AppleGmuxBacklight
> 
> Thanks for helping! Feel free to contact me if you have any problems
> with the instructions or encounter any problems with the test driver.
> 
> Seth