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Boot Camp 2.0: MacBook, MacBook Pro - Keyboard backlight active when computer or disp

In Microsoft Windows XP, if the keyboard backlight of your MacBook or MacBook Pro computer is on, it may remain on even when the computer or display is in sleep mode while the computer is in low light conditions.This issue does not affect Microsoft Windows Vista.

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XBACKLIGHT(1)						      General Commands Manual						     XBACKLIGHT(1)

NAME
xbacklight - adjust backlight brightness using RandR extension SYNOPSIS
xbacklight [-help] [-display display] [-get] [-set percent] [-inc percent] [-dec percent] DESCRIPTION
Xbacklight is used to adjust the backlight brightness where supported. It finds all outputs on the X server supporting backlight brightness control and changes them all in the same way. -get Print out the current backlight brightness of each output with such a control. The brightness is represented as a percentage of the maximum brightness supported. -set percent Sets each backlight brightness to the specified level. -inc percent Increases brightness by the specified amount. -dec percent Decreases brightness by the specified amount. -help Print out a summary of the usage and exit. -time milliseconds Length of time to spend fading the backlight between old and new value. Default is 200. -steps number Number of steps to take while fading. Default is 20. SEE ALSO
Xrandr(3) AUTHORS
Keith Packard, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Corporation. X Version 11 xbacklight 1.1.2 XBACKLIGHT(1)