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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)

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