# active displays which support the BacklightBrightness setting. # It has also been modified to remove display specific configuration, instead applying the setting to all # to work using the BacklightBrighness setting available for some displays on the currrent nvidia driver # This script was originally created by 'qgj' from askubuntu. I have modified the bash script to use this setting instead. As luck would have it, there is a better setting available for backlight brightness.

I had the same issue as James getting an error due to the options no longer being valid with nvidia-settings for my specific display type. It's sad that this bug still persists and the work-around is needed. Do you have the same issue as well? I thought it could be related to the queue depth-related workaround from which is in place for the MacBook8,1, but not yet for the MacBookPro13,x, but I haven't tried it out yet.Thank you for providing the great script qgj. I have the problem from time to time that NVMe isn't properly working at boot and I have to restart to get it working. But in KDE I can easily change it via the power management settings. The UX isn't that nice, as there are no dedicated keys for doing it, as the Touch Bar isn't working yet and the integrated ambient light sensor isn't working either yet. Settings the screen brightness works also out of the box with Debian.

I did a quick try with 0ad and that runs really smooth with >50fps with the highest graphical details and native screen resolution.

I just had to force Xorg to pick the intel driver (with Debian). Hardware accelerated graphics output is also no problem with the integrated intel graphics card on the MacBookPro13,2. It could also be that the displays have a higher resolution as advertised, but as Xorg correctly probes the right resolution I suspect it is a bug.

Regarding the screen resolution issue: That appears to be a bug in the EDID data provided by the display. You can reference the bug list and solution on the various linked articles. This repository the state of Linux on MacBook 2016 & 2017 contains various problems encountered with installing and running Linux on MBP.

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