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[Michel Roche <nospam.pichel@xxxxxxx>]

Hello, 
seen the same problem in Karmic with nvdia-bl-dkms 0.15.2

The install procedure (via synaptic or aptitude) fails when building the
module, when searching for : /usr/src/nvidia_bl-0.15.2.dkms.tar.gz

The package seems correctly installed to synaptic though it doesn't work
anymore (no OSD slider, no effect on screen backlight).

It seems that it's just a matter of packaging : like the source file has
been forgotten at ship time or some stupid reason like this :-)

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nvidia-bl-dkms 0.15.1 update breaks backlight
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516354
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Since February 1st's 0.15.1 update of the nvidia-bl-dkms package, the backlight of the screen cannot be changed.
This happens on my Macbook Pro 5-3 but also happens to the 5-5 model according to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8756152 , so it doesn't seem very far-fetched to say that might happen to all Macbook Pros.

Downgrading nvidia-bl-dkms to version 0.15 makes the screen backlight slider "slidable" again but it has no impact on the screen's actual backlight.

Using Kubuntu 9.10 64-bit on a Macbook Pro 5-3 with kernel 2.6.31-17-generic (but it does the same on the previous kernels as well).