I can change the brightness level either via the GUI or via my function keys F1 & F2, I’m on an early '13, MBP, 2.7GHz, 16GB, 1TB. But despite the brightness level showing that it is increasing or decreasing, nothing changes.
System:
Kernel: 5.16.14-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16-x86_64
root=UUID=b568ffd0-907b-4ae6-ac74-aa7a46bf5d79 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro10,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F v: MacBookPro10,1
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 425.0.0.0.0 date: 10/26/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 68.8 Wh (66.0%) condition: 104.2/94.6 Wh (110.1%)
volts: 12.0 min: 10.9 model: Newer Tech A1417 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 94
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.53 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (29.6%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3740QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1238 high: 1390 min/max: 1200/3700 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197
4: 1323 5: 1390 6: 1208 7: 1198 8: 1197 bogomips: 43123
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept erms
est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm
lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Apple driver: i915
v: kernel ports: active: none empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] vendor: Apple
driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fd5
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8510 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.0
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2880x1800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 762x476mm (30.00x18.74")
s-diag: 898mm (35.37")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Apple Color LCD built: 2011 res: 2880x1800 hz: 60
dpi: 221 gamma: 1.2 size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15") diag: 390mm (15.4")
ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 2880x1800 min: 800x600
OpenGL: renderer: NVE7 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.3.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.14-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: N/A
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:16a3 class-ID: 0200
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme
driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4331 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 2-1.8.1.3:8 chip-ID: 05ac:8286 class-ID: fe01
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 18.69 GiB (2.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: OWC model: Aura Pro S MB258
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 6ANR scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.51 GiB size: 457.13 GiB (98.20%)
used: 18.67 GiB (4.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: Manjaro
uuid: b568ffd0-907b-4ae6-ac74-aa7a46bf5d79
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 24.6 MiB (4.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: A472-0B4E
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 465.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: Zorin
uuid: b60867e3-9132-44a8-9b67-ab82da89d05e
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 05ac:8510 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-1.8:3 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub ports: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0424:2512 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 2-1.8.1:4
info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) ports: 3
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 94mA chip-ID: 0a5c:4500 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.8.1.3:8 info: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 05ac:8286 class-ID: fe01
Device-2: 2-1.8.2:5 info: Apple Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
type: Keyboard,HID,Mouse driver: apple,bcm5974,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 40mA chip-ID: 05ac:0262 class-ID: 0301
Hub-7: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: 51.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 57.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 295 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1308 pacman: 1294 lib: 360
flatpak: 7 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.15
