I am on a Macbook Pro 5,5 running 12.04 LTS, pommed v1.39, and Gnome Shell 3.4.
On Macs you should install the pommed package to make full use of the media keys on mac keyboards: brightness for display, keyboard, eject CD, play music.
Editing /etc/pommed.conf seems to have no effect on my keyboard backlight settings on startup. I have edited it to have the keyboard backlight to be off by default, but it comes on every time I log in or restart.
All settings respond fine to keyboard presses, though. Below is the contents of my /etc/pommed.conf:
# # Configuration file for pommed # # General configuration general { # fnmode: functions keys first (no need to use fn) or last # Value is either 1 or 2, effect is hardware-dependent fnmode = 1 } # sysfs backlight control # nVidia machines, will fall back to nv8600gmt if not supported by the kernel lcd_sysfs { # The sysfs backlight control is a generic interface provided # by the Linux kernel for backlight control on most graphic cards. # The brightness range can differ depending on the hardware. # initial backlight level [12] (0 - 15, -1 to disable) init = -1 # step value (1 - 2) step = 1 # backlight level when on battery [6] (1 - 15, 0 to disable) on_batt = 6 } # ATI X1600 backlight control (MacBook Pro v1 & v2) lcd_x1600 { # initial backlight level [200] (0 - 255, -1 to disable) init = -1 # step value (1 - 127) step = 10 # backlight level when on battery [80] (1 - 255, 0 to disable) on_batt = 80 } # Intel 945GM, 965GM backlight control (MacBook v1-v4, MacBook Air v1) lcd_gma950 { # initial backlight level [0x6f] (0x1f - 0x94 usually, -1 to disable) init = -1 # step value (0x01 - 0x20) step = 0x0f # backlight level when on battery [0x40] (0x1f - 0x94 usually, 0 to disable) on_batt = 0x40 } # nVidia GeForce 8600M GT/9400M/9600M GT backlight control # (MacBook Pro v3-v5, MacBook v5, MacBook v2) lcd_nv8600mgt { # initial backlight level [12] (0 - 15, -1 to disable) init = -1 # step value (1 - 2) step = 1 # backlight level when on battery [6] (1 - 15, 0 to disable) on_batt = 6 } # Audio support audio { # disable audio support entirely disabled = no # Use amixer or alsamixer/alsamixergui to determine the sound card # and the mixer elements to use here. # sound card to use card = "default" # initial volume [80] (0 - 100%, -1 to disable) init = -1 # step value (1 - 50%) step = 5 # beep on volume change beep = no # mixer element for volume adjustment volume = "PCM" # mixer element for muting the speakers speakers = "Front" # mixer element for muting the headphones headphones = "Headphone" } # Keyboard backlight control kbd { # default value for automatic backlight (0 - 255) default = 0 # step value (1 - 127) step = 10 # ambient light thresholds for automatic backlight (0 - 255) on_threshold = 20 off_threshold = 40 # enable/disable automatic backlight auto = no # idle timer - fades keyboard backlight automatically (timeout in seconds, -1 to disable) idle_timer = 60 # idle level - level to fade keyboard to after idle_timer seconds. Defaults to switching off. # idle_level = 20 } # CD/DVD drive ejection eject { # enable/disable eject key enabled = yes # CD/DVD device device = "/dev/dvd" } # Beeper beep { # enable/disable beeper # automatically disabled if audio support disabled above enabled = no # WAV file to use (from pommed: goutte.wav or click.wav in /usr/share/pommed) beepfile = "/usr/share/pommed/goutte.wav" } # Apple Remote - deprecated # Note: the appleir driver is required for this to work; this driver has been # obsoleted with Linux 2.6.22, so unless you are running a kernel < 2.6.22 or # use the appleir driver on a newer kernel, this won't work. # You should use LIRC instead. appleir { # enable/disable the appleir support enabled = no } 2 Answers
Do you have a config file set somewhere to make pommed start on startup as root? And it does need root priviledges, according to my experience, or else it does nothing.
Also, to get the eject button to work, I made a keybinding to have the pressing of the eject button (XF86Eject on my Macbook 7,1 (white plastic, rounded edges)) execute the command "eject". Wasn't working via pommed.
Yep. Added "pommed" to the end of /etc/rc.local . Works for me now (upon startup). Notice everything in that script gets ran as root, so no "sudo" is needed.
Don't forget to set a keybinding between your eject button (for optical discs) and the eject command, unless somehow you got pommed to handle ejecting. If you don't have the eject command (go to terminal and type "eject", does it make the optical drive eject?), I'm sure you can install it from your package manager (apt-get if Ubuntu).
Cheers, Jake
