This patch should fix it. Problem is that we're doing bitwise arithmetic on a signed long that happens to be negative. Wackiness ensues, making the result an invalid offset for mmap(). Changing the long to unsigned fixes it.
** Attachment added: "mmap() patch against hal-0.5.11~rc2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13831729/macbook-backlight-mmap.patch -- MacBook brightness adjustment does not work in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206921 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
