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cing2x · 12:04 AM

anybody else? and the F8, F9, F10 function keys stop responding, even after reasigning expose keys.

nobitacu · Oct 24, 2003, 11:09 PM

Mine works just fine... Not sure what's wrong with yours.

Ming

Sandbaggins · Oct 24, 2003, 11:36 PM

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86270

Read this article should provide the info you need. Turns out your keys will not work if the sensors detect enough ambient light. HTH.

PowerMatt · Oct 24, 2003, 11:45 PM

Probably because you installed "Pather" instead of "Panther." Just joshin' with ya.

Drakino · Oct 25, 2003, 03:13 AM

I noticed a quirk tonight when trying to show off the keyboard to someone. It was really dark, and the display had dimmed. But no matter what, the keyboard lighting would not work, kept giving the no symbol after pressing F10. I put the system to sleep and woke it up, and then it worked.

Had it happen again later as well. Seems Panther support for the keyboards is a bit bugged.

Drakino · Oct 25, 2003, 03:44 AM

Now another quirk. Backlight is off on the keyboard and the F keys display the no symbol. Fast user switch to the login window, keyboard lights up and keys work. Switch back to my logon, F keys display no again, but the backlight is on. It turns off after a minute, and won't turn back on.

Daytonaaaaa · Oct 25, 2003, 04:01 AM

Originally posted by Drakino:
Now another quirk. Backlight is off on the keyboard and the F keys display the no symbol. Fast user switch to the login window, keyboard lights up and keys work. Switch back to my logon, F keys display no again, but the backlight is on. It turns off after a minute, and won't turn back on.

If the keyboard works under another user (or at least when you are not the active user), then it looks like you probably have a corrupt preference...

Try remove the file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.BezelServices.plist

That may fix your problem.

Daytona

DVD Plaza · Oct 25, 2003, 04:36 AM

Hmmmm, I've just encountered a different variation of this same problem.

Just woke my PowerBook from sleep and neither the display nor keyboard are "automatically" adjusting themselves. ie I can manually turn up/down the brightness of my display, but covering up the two sensors does nothing. Furthermore the keyboard backlight won't even turn on - if I try using the keyboard to increase the brightness it says its at full brightness.

Was working fine before so am assuming the sleep/wakeup has caused this. Will, ugh, reboot and see what happens...

DVD Plaza · Oct 25, 2003, 04:43 AM

Yep, reboot fixed it..

Mobile Mod · Oct 26, 2003, 01:43 AM

I am having the same issue with my powerbook and the keyboard. My rev a powerbook is not adjusting the screen or the keyboard. Wow, never knew how much I used those features till now :/

Justin

DVD Plaza · Oct 26, 2003, 04:40 PM

Well, after three or four more sleeps, my auto keyboard backlight/screen brightness stopped working again - just left it, came back to find the screen saver on, woke it from screen saver and the auto-adjustments suddenly began working again.

Annoying - this is one of quite a few quirks I'm having with Panther.

BrunoBruin · Oct 26, 2003, 04:54 PM

Something is definitely bollixed as mine works sporadically at best. I tossed the prefs file and logged out and in but that didn't help. For one thing, it won't retain the selection to use keyboard illumination in the system preference pane.

PHYMAC · Oct 26, 2003, 09:13 PM

I am having the same problem with my auto dimming monitor and Keyboard. The monitor sometimes works and other times does not, and same with the keyboard. It started after I installed Panther, hopefully there will be a fix out, soon, or something?!?

Mobile Mod · Oct 26, 2003, 09:23 PM

Maybe we should start posting this at apples site and getting them to notice and get a fix for it soon. I really dont want to have to restart my computer everytime the bakclighting/auto adjusting doesnt work (i use that feature a ton!).

Justin

cing2x · Oct 26, 2003, 10:35 PM

restarting/logging on as another user doesn't do anything for me. the F8, F9, and F10 keys are unresponsive

Daniel Bayer · Oct 26, 2003, 11:55 PM

Only putting mine back to sleep and wakinh it up will get the auto-sensing to work. Strange.

A Panther quirk for sure....

DVD Plaza · Oct 27, 2003, 02:53 AM

Working, not working, working, not working, working, not working, working...

Not working, yet again... here I am in a completely black room with a backlit keyboard that ain't backlit

korn · Oct 27, 2003, 02:58 AM

Same here. Really annoying as I use the backlit feature very often.

MacFreak · Oct 27, 2003, 08:26 AM

Unfortunately, I have to agree that I too just had an incident. I've been fine since Friday...back lighting would come on after sleep without any issues...read this thread (computer was sleeping for more than 24 hours) and backlighting would not come on...as soon as I logged out...bam!, there it was.

Funny thing, when I logged back in, mail and safari would start, but no window would display. I rebooted and everything seems fine again...

gperks · Oct 27, 2003, 10:15 AM

A reboot fixed it for me. Was working out how best to return the Mac for warranty service while the reboot was happening...

Very happy when the keys lit up during boot!

hldan · Oct 27, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by gperks:
A reboot fixed it for me. Was working out how best to return the Mac for warranty service while the reboot was happening...

Very happy when the keys lit up during boot!

I get the same issue too on RevB 17"PB. When I reboot it fixes it but throughout the day after I put it to sleep and wake it up the ALS doesn't work. The screen won't dim and the keyboard won't light up unless I reboot again. Looks like there will be a software update for the 15 and 17" ALbook owners.
No worries, Panther still rocks.

slffl · Nov 30, 2003, 04:19 PM

I just noticed I'm having the same problem on a rev A 17" PB. Has a fix been released for this yet?

DVD Plaza · Nov 30, 2003, 04:52 PM

Negative - just the above workarounds.

One would assume 10.3.2 will fix the various quirks we're all having.

Mobile Mod · Nov 30, 2003, 10:32 PM

Yea, i have a rev a 17 and this has been happening for a while and its getting really really frustrating!! I thought they would fix it in 10.3.1, but they didnt... I really hope .3.2 help us out. It sucks!

Justin

Boondoggle · Aug 15, 2004, 05:25 PM

Still broken for me here after 10.3.5. Only works after a reboot.

bd