Hi Mario, Here's the output in kern.log - there were no changes in the brightness of the screen, though...
Desktop$ [arn...@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 -- mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms 0.24.1-jaunty fails to install on MacbookPro 5,3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. 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"... [arn...@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' [arn...@arnold-ubuntu-1 ~$ (I had an older version of mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms working before, though...) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

