[Pommed-devel] backlight problems with MBP 3.1

[Steffen Schulz]

On 090422 at 13:30, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> Steffen Schulz <pepe_ml at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> >> Bad news. Does it work if you don't load any kind of nvidia driver,
> >> from the console? (don't load any module, don't start X)
> >
> > Yes, this still works. Unfortunately I also can not get back to the
> > console once X has started..seems the driver is broken..
> 
> Hmm. Do you use input-evdev with X.org? If yes, you probably want to
> upgrade the package.
> 
> Looks like what you're seeing could just be input-evdev performing an
> exclusive grab on the event device, preventing pommed from getting the
> events when you're using X.

But then the separate tool that uses the bios should work.

Also pommed -d says it receives the key presses, see log attached.

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pepe at unixfan.net                            gpg --recv-key A04D7875
Key fingerprint: B805 57BE E4AF 0104 CC51  77A1 CE6F 8D46 A04D 7875
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I: pommed v1.26 Apple laptops hotkeys handler
I: Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Julien BLACHE <jb at jblache.org>
pommed configuration:
 + General settings:
    fnmode: 1
 + sysfs backlight control:
    initial level: -1
    step: 1
    on_batt: 6
 + ATI X1600 backlight control:
    initial level: -1
    step: 10
    on_batt: 0
 + Intel GMA950 backlight control:
    initial level: 0xffffffff
    step: 0xf
    on_batt: 0x0
 + nVidia GeForce 8600M GT backlight control:
    initial level: -1
    step: 1
    on_batt: 2
 + Audio volume control:
    card: default
    initial volume: -1
    step: 10%
    beep: yes
    volume element: PCM
    speaker element: Front
    headphones element: Master
 + Keyboard backlight control:
    default level: 100
    step: 10
    auto on threshold: 20
    auto off threshold: 40
    auto enable: yes
    idle timer: 60s
 + CD eject:
    enabled: yes
    device: /dev/dvd
 + Beep:
    enabled: no
    beepfile: /usr/share/pommed/goutte.wav
 + Apple Remote IR Receiver:
    enabled: no
I: DMI machine check: running on a MacBookPro3,1
I: Found applesmc at /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/light
I: Exiting