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Patrik Jakobsson edited this page Oct 15, 2015 · 1 revision

Welcome to the mba6x_bl wiki!

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Frequently asked questions


  • Q: What is mba6x_bl?
  • A: mba6x_bl is a backlight driver for MacBook Airs.

  • Q: What's the purpose of mba6x_bl?
  • A: The driver is used to work around a platform backlight issue with newer MacBook Air models. Without the driver the backlight can only be set to full brightness or totally off after a suspend/resume cycle.

  • Q: How does mba6x_bl work?
  • A: mba6x_bl hijacks the backlight driver chip in your MacBook Air. This effectively disables the Intel backlight driver and should on most systems automatically be selected as the prefered backlight device for your UI hotkeys.

  • Q: mba6x_bl is not working properly, what should I do?
  • A: First look at the list of known issues below. If your particular issue is not addressed please look at the open issues here on Github. If you still cannot find your answer you can file a new issue.

Known issues

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