MacBookPro10,1 can't adjust backlight In Ubuntu, have tried everything

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This is my last ditch attempt to get backlight controls working in Ubuntu 16.0.4 on my MacBook Pro 10,1 (Retina, Mid-2012) with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. I'm using the NVIDIA driver version 384.111.



I have looked at a bunch of questions like this and tried every answer I could find, but nothing has worked for me. So far I have tried:




  1. adding



    setpci -v -H1 -s 00:01.00 BRIDGE_CONTROL=0


    to /etc/rc.local




  2. including



    Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"


    in the Device Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf




  3. changing



    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"


    to



    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"


    in /etc/default/grub and then running sudo update-grub



  4. using xbacklight, which just has no effect


  5. this thing that I didn't really understand: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105051#c37


One thing I have noticed is that the directory /sys/class/backlight is empty. I'm thinking that may be part of the problem, but I don't understand what to do with that information.



Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!










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    This is my last ditch attempt to get backlight controls working in Ubuntu 16.0.4 on my MacBook Pro 10,1 (Retina, Mid-2012) with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. I'm using the NVIDIA driver version 384.111.



    I have looked at a bunch of questions like this and tried every answer I could find, but nothing has worked for me. So far I have tried:




    1. adding



      setpci -v -H1 -s 00:01.00 BRIDGE_CONTROL=0


      to /etc/rc.local




    2. including



      Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"


      in the Device Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf




    3. changing



      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"


      to



      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"


      in /etc/default/grub and then running sudo update-grub



    4. using xbacklight, which just has no effect


    5. this thing that I didn't really understand: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105051#c37


    One thing I have noticed is that the directory /sys/class/backlight is empty. I'm thinking that may be part of the problem, but I don't understand what to do with that information.



    Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!










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      This is my last ditch attempt to get backlight controls working in Ubuntu 16.0.4 on my MacBook Pro 10,1 (Retina, Mid-2012) with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. I'm using the NVIDIA driver version 384.111.



      I have looked at a bunch of questions like this and tried every answer I could find, but nothing has worked for me. So far I have tried:




      1. adding



        setpci -v -H1 -s 00:01.00 BRIDGE_CONTROL=0


        to /etc/rc.local




      2. including



        Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"


        in the Device Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf




      3. changing



        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"


        to



        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"


        in /etc/default/grub and then running sudo update-grub



      4. using xbacklight, which just has no effect


      5. this thing that I didn't really understand: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105051#c37


      One thing I have noticed is that the directory /sys/class/backlight is empty. I'm thinking that may be part of the problem, but I don't understand what to do with that information.



      Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!










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      This is my last ditch attempt to get backlight controls working in Ubuntu 16.0.4 on my MacBook Pro 10,1 (Retina, Mid-2012) with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. I'm using the NVIDIA driver version 384.111.



      I have looked at a bunch of questions like this and tried every answer I could find, but nothing has worked for me. So far I have tried:




      1. adding



        setpci -v -H1 -s 00:01.00 BRIDGE_CONTROL=0


        to /etc/rc.local




      2. including



        Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"


        in the Device Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf




      3. changing



        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"


        to



        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"


        in /etc/default/grub and then running sudo update-grub



      4. using xbacklight, which just has no effect


      5. this thing that I didn't really understand: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105051#c37


      One thing I have noticed is that the directory /sys/class/backlight is empty. I'm thinking that may be part of the problem, but I don't understand what to do with that information.



      Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!







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          For anyone who finds this, I found a solution by accident when I booted using an old kernel (4.4.0-116-generic). Suddenly the backlight worked!






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