Is the package facetimehd-dkms no longer required to use a macbook air camera?

Hi,

I had to re-install (EndeavourOS Ganymede + Gnome) my MacBookAir6,2 (2014) after changing the harddrive 1 month ago. I ran into two issues after the install:

  1. The macbook appears to not automatically be adjusting the lcd backlight anymore.
  • Can adjust brightness through keyboard keys and Gnome Brightness sliders.

  1. Facetimehd drivers appear to cause kernel crashes .
  • After installing the facetimehd-dkms and facetimehd-data packages I noticed I would often get a kernel crash on reboot after initramfs was re-built. After removing facetimehd the kernel crashes have stopped. I did test with the Arch, LTS and my daily driver 6.18.9-zen1-2-zen arch kernels.

  • I happen to go into OBS and noticed that it could access the Apple Camera without the AUR Facetimehd drivers.

Question:

  1. Do we no longer need to use the facetimehd drivers?

  2. Anyone light backlight sensor working with macbook airs?

@chromebook77 @lorebett

Just pinging you guys for awareness, just in case you are still using Macbooks with Arch Linux. Thanks.

The latest facetimeid driver in the AUR fixes this problem: