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[Arnold Liu <asliu23@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mario, 
Here's the output in kern.log - there were no changes in the brightness of the screen, though...

Desktop$ 
[arnold@arnold-ubuntu-1 Desktop$ sudo tail -f /var/log/kern.log
Apr  1 21:01:01 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   26.164015] vmnet8: no IPv6 routers present
Apr  1 21:01:01 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   26.380049] vmnet1: no IPv6 routers present
Apr  1 21:01:05 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   30.052101] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Apr  1 21:01:21 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   45.754316] applesmc: light sensor data length set to 10
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575133] /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2738 (vmnet-bridge)
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575146] /dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575164] /dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575174] bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575178] bridge-eth1: up
Apr  1 21:01:40 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [   64.575183] bridge-eth1: attached
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261699] nvidia_bl: MacBookPro 5,3 detected
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261730] nvidia_bl: Nvidia graphics adapter 10de:0647 (106b:00bc) detected
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261733] nvidia_bl: using BAR #0 at 0xe4000000, smartdimmer at 0xe461c084
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261911] nvidia_bl: register mask: 0x000003ff
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261914] nvidia_bl: setting brightness to 1023
Apr  1 21:04:39 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  244.261916] nvidia_bl: register write: 0x800003ff
Apr  1 21:05:05 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  270.233816] nvidia_bl: setting brightness to 512
Apr  1 21:05:05 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  270.233820] nvidia_bl: register write: 0x80000200
Apr  1 21:05:17 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  282.004325] nvidia_bl: setting brightness to 800
Apr  1 21:05:17 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  282.004329] nvidia_bl: register write: 0x80000320
Apr  1 21:05:25 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  289.740375] nvidia_bl: setting brightness to 200
Apr  1 21:05:25 arnold-ubuntu-1 kernel: [  289.740378] nvidia_bl: register write: 0x800000c8

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mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms 0.24.1-jaunty fails to install on MacbookPro 5,3
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551410
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Status in Mactel Support: New

Bug description:
Hi, 

I'm trying to install mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms 0.24.1-jaunty on my MacbookPro 5,3.
It looks as if it's referencing a non-existent field in "struct backlight_properties"...

[arnold@arnold-ubuntu-1 ~$ cat /var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/make.logDKMS make.log for mbp_nvidia_bl-0.24.1 for kernel 2.6.28-18-generic (i686)
Mon Mar 29 20:55:27 PDT 2010
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.o
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:34:3: warning: #warning USE_PLATFORM_DRIVER
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c: In function ‘intel_chipset_send_intensity’:
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:63: error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘state’
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:63: error: ‘BL_CORE_FBBLANK’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:63: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:63: error: for each function it appears in.)
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:65: error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘state’
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:65: error: ‘BL_CORE_SUSPENDED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c: In function ‘nvidia_chipset_send_intensity’:
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:111: error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘state’
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:111: error: ‘BL_CORE_FBBLANK’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:113: error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘state’
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:113: error: ‘BL_CORE_SUSPENDED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c: In function ‘mbp_probe’:
/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:392: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘backlight_device_register’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build/mbp_nvidia_bl.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/mbp_nvidia_bl/0.24.1/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic'
[arnold@arnold-ubuntu-1 ~$ 

(I had an older version of mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms working before, though...)