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[Ricky Campbell <cyberdork33@xxxxxxxxx>]

To add some information for those look into this bug... The backlight is enabled by the applesmc module. The "mactel packages" being referred to are some PPA packages that are available for some intel Mac users. Details here:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~mactel-support/+archive/ppa

** Also affects: linux
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: hal
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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[Jaunty] Screen brightness adjustment sluggish
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357112
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Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): New
Status in The Linux Kernel: New
Status in Mactel Support: New

Bug description:
In Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), compared to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid), screen brightness adjustment feels quite sluggish. The increments are very small, the time between each adjustment is a bit too long, and there's no acceleration (e.g., consistently holding down the screen dim/brighten button doesn't adjust more rapidly the longer it's held).

NOTE: This may not be Mactel specific (e.g., it could be the new GNOME behavior), but I'm reporting it here since I can not verify for other hardware, and am using the Mactel drivers for screen brightness adjustment.