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    From latincom@vcn.bc.ca@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 1 22:40:01 2025
    Hello
    Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid
    2009 running Debian? Please.
    Thanks

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to latincom@vcn.bc.ca on Fri May 2 02:30:01 2025
    On Thu 01 May 2025 at 13:12:06 (-0700), latincom@vcn.bc.ca wrote:
    Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian? Please.

    In my experience, laptops having this facility will have the keycap
    engraved, usually as a small horizontal rectangle with radiating
    light rays coming out of the top. OTOH. My HP has three "keys" in
    a horizontal line, with the rays coming out of the top left corner.

    Macbook Pro keyboard replacements seem to have two keys, F5 and F6;
    with different brightnesses? You need to find out which of the many
    modifiers to press at the same time: shift, fn, control, option,
    command (some modifiers have left and right), or even none.

    Cheers,
    David.

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to David Wright on Fri May 2 04:00:01 2025
    On Thu, 1 May 2025 19:26:34 -0500
    David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

    Macbook Pro keyboard replacements seem to have two keys, F5 and F6;
    with different brightnesses? You need to find out which of the many
    modifiers to press at the same time: shift, fn, control, option,
    command (some modifiers have left and right), or even none.

    On my ancient Macbook Air, F5 and F6 lower and raise (respectively) the brightness of the key backlights. No modifier key necessary.

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  • From latincom@vcn.bc.ca@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 3 07:20:01 2025
    Hello
    Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian? Please.
    Thanks


    Thanks to camaleon, debian-user-spanish, this one worked ok:

    Debian on MacBook Pro - fix keyboard backlight/screen brightness
    resetting to full on boot? https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/21tpev/debian_on_macbook_pro_fix_keyboard/

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to latincom@vcn.bc.ca on Sun May 4 06:30:01 2025
    On Fri 02 May 2025 at 22:00:43 (-0700), latincom@vcn.bc.ca wrote:
    Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian? Please.

    Thanks to camaleon, debian-user-spanish, this one worked ok:

    Debian on MacBook Pro - fix keyboard backlight/screen brightness
    resetting to full on boot? https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/21tpev/debian_on_macbook_pro_fix_keyboard/

    So did you find a directory under /sys/class/ for the macbook
    keyboard light? AFAICT the reddit answer only applies to the
    screen backlight, not the keyboard.

    Cheers,
    David.

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