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[Alex Murray <murray.alex@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat 11 Feb 2012 02:59:51 CST, Seth Forshee wrote:
> [Note that I'm not subscribed to the mactel-support-community list;
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>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for everyone's help so far in testing the backlight driver
> updates! Your feedback has been valuable, and I've been able to make
> some improvements as a result.
>
> I've got new packages for testing in the PPA. There are two important
> changes worth noting. The first is that I've improved the detection of
> the gmux device so that it will better detect whether or not the machine
> has a functional gmux, and if not the gmux_backlight device will not be
> crated.
>
> The second change is that I've split the gmux out into a separate driver
> from apple_bl. So if you tested previously, you should install the new
> driver by running:
>
>   sudo apt-get update
>   sudo apt-get install apple-gmux-dkms
>
> Answer yes when prompted to remove apple-bl-gmux-dkms. This information
> is also noted in the wiki.
>
> If you tested previously, please test again to see if the results have
> changed at all. I'm especially interested to see whether the acpi_video0
> backlight ever works on a machine with gmux_backlight, because if it
> doesn't I can disable apci_video0 whenever a functional gmux is present.
>
> And of course if you didn't test previously, your results would be
> greatly apprecaiated!
>
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/AppleGmuxBacklight
>
> Thanks!
>
> Seth
>
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Any chance of a build for oneiric of the new version?