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Macbook Pro 3,1 Keyboard lighting

Asked by Tomyduece

How do I deactivate the keyboard backlight on the keyboard for a 2.4 macbook pro using 12.04. It stays on and will not dim using the designated keys F8, off and on, F9 dim and F10 brighten. Whatever answers are available I would greatly appreciate them.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

echo "options hid-apple fnmode=2" | sudo tee/etc/modprobe.d/hid-apple.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u -v -k `uname -r`

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro3-1/Maverick#preview

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Tomyduece (tomgee62) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.