Sorry, it turns out that this is actually fixed. It seems that the hotkeys are working, but they are nowhere near sensitive enough. (ie. it takes at least a minute of holding down a key to noticeably change the brightness)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- [i965gm] kernel backlight control method missing for macbooks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417770 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs