The backlight keys stopped functioning after installing the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers. ( nouveau works fine except MBP requires proprietary for suspend to work :| )

After searching around Google for a while I finally stumbled on this post, which outlines how to get it fixed:

su -
cd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl.git
cd nvidiabl
make dkms-install
modprobe nvidiabl

Everything else I found mentioned loading the mbp_nvidia_bl.ko module, but I couldn't find it on my system or in 'yum provides' anywhere.

First, you need MacFUSE and fuse-ext2. Once those are installed, your ext2/3 partitions should be auto-mounted when you reboot. Problem for me was they were mounted read-only and I needed read-write.

Here's the fix (taken from here):

Note: If auto-mount is not giving you read/write access to ext2/ext3 partitions then you will have to edit the auto-mount script for fuse-ext2 which can be found at /System/Library/Filesystems/fuse-ext2.fs/fuse-ext2.util.

$ sudo nano -c /System/Library/Filesystems/fuse-ext2.fs/fuse-ext2.util

Around line 207 (in function Mount ()) you will find the line OPTIONS="auto_xattr,defer_permissions". Change that line to read asOPTIONS="auto_xattr,defer_permissions,rw+".

... 
function Mount ()
{
    LogDebug "[Mount] Entering function Mount..."
    # Setting both defer_auth and defer_permissions. The option was renamed
    # starting with MacFUSE 1.0.0, and there seems to be no backward
    # compatibility on the options.
    # OPTIONS="auto_xattr,defer_permissions"
    OPTIONS="auto_xattr,defer_permissions,rw+"

    # The local option is only enabled on Leopard. It causes strange

...

Here is a letter (email) I got recently from an online game I used to play. It's pretty long and you probably won't understand anything it says, but I thought it was really funny. Good form!

Dear Kevin,

Okay, I'm not good at this kind of thing, but I feel like I have to give it a try. So, here goes:

I was hanging out the other night, listening to some old mp3s, and I was just overcome with memories of when we used to hang out all the time. Remember? You were an intrepid, fearless adventurer, and I was the free-to-play, fun-and-funny online role-playing game that won your heart. Do you still remember those good times? I can't stop thinking about them.

I mean, I know things got kind of messed up at the end, and believe me, I'm sorry. If I could take any of that back, I totally would. And I know people grow and change, and you're not the same person you were then, but hey -- I've changed, too! I thought and thought about how to win you back. I figured I'd make you a mix CD, but I couldn't decide what "our song" was. So I just concentrated on becoming a better game for you, and here's what I came up with:

Remember how much fun you used to have with your clan? Alternately, remember how you never joined a clan because you didn't see the point? Either way, clans now have clan dungeons, group zones where your whole clan can work together. Crawl through sewers to Hobopolis, a vast underground vagrant vacation vista! Slide into the slime tube, and stir-fry sassy slimes!

I know I wasn't the prettiest game when we were together, so I had some work done. Almost every interface got an interface-lift. You can even manage most of your inventory via chat commands! I also came up with a way for you to automate some of the things you don't love about the game, so you can spend more time with the parts you do love.

Not only that, but there are way more animated .gifs than there were before. Don't worry; I haven't lost that low-fi edginess you love, but I'm a lot easier to play with now.

You can also have a custom title now, just in case you didn't feel like I appreciated what made you unique as an individual.

I should also say
Haiku Dungeon's been revamped.
See what I did there?

Maybe you quit because you got sick of always adventuring above the water. I admit that seems unlikely, but I fixed that, too -- there are a bunch of underwater zones with new food, equipment, mechanics, and challenges.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, trust me. I'm still the silly, clever, deceptively-complex game you fell in love with, only with about 95% more awesome.

So, I'm just sayin', if you can find it in your heart to give me another chance, I won't disappoint you.

If you don't drop by, I promise I won't bother you again. I just really felt like we deserved one more try.

Love,

The Kingdom of Loathing.
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com