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Questions tagged [keyboard-backlight]

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Make keyboard backlight work on a Samsung

I recently got a Samsung NP900X3N and I am trying to make the backlight work (with Linux Mint 18.1 and Kernel 4.10 on UEFI). I have read a lot about it and I am aware that there exist many pages on that topic, but they are all old (3+ years) and I…
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How to control keyboard backlight using hotkeys

How can I turn increase and decrease the keyboard backlight in notebook on Linux using the same hotkeys used on Windows? In Windows I can control the keyboard backlight by pressing hotkeys (FnF9 to decrease and FnF10 to increase), but in Linux it…
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Set bindings in i3 to control keyboard backlight

For my i3 window-manager settings, I am looking for a command line tool, similar to xbacklight, but to control the brightness of the leds which are in the keyboard. Basically, I can set up the leds through a command line, but it requires to be…
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Backlight media keys work in desktop shell, but do not actually change the backlight

I purchased a laptop that shipped oem with Ubuntu15, the backlight keys worked, and the manufacturer's tools reported that all drivers are provided by the Ubuntu packages (with the exception of the video driver). I've changed my os to Linux Mint…
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Keyboard backlight is very dim

I have a Samsung Series 9 running Fedora. It has a backlit keyboard but even at the maximum setting, keys are not readable. The functions keys controlling the level are working, the OSD indicator pops up and looks fine, but all my online searches…
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How to ensure keyboard backlight is always on (at max) at boot time?

Question How to ensure keyboard backlight is on (at max) at boot time on a Dell laptop? Rationale I sometimes hit the combination of keys which turns off the keyboard backlight at day time not noticing it, and then when I wake up, in the middle of…
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Laptop keyboard backligt on Toshiba X775-3DV78

I have installed “Linux Mint 18.1 Serena” on my Toshiba laptop (X775-3DV78) and have been using it for a while. And I love it. I’ve always wanted to switch to Linux, from Microsoft. It is unbelievable how much Linux has grown and matured…
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Backlit keyboard setting not saved upon resuming from suspend

Upon resuming my laptop from suspend, the backlit keyboard will always be on at the dimmest setting, regardless of the setting when I suspended it. I am using Mint Cinammon, version 17.1. After some digging, I found possible solutions here and here.…
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Asus G53S keyboard backlight

I have troubles enabling keyboard backlight in Asus G53SW-XR1 (2.6.39-2 kernel) with modules: $ lsmod | grep asus asus_nb_wmi 12393 0 asus_wmi 18488 1 asus_nb_wmi sparse_keymap 12760 1 asus_wmi pci_hotplug …
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udev rule to turn on keyboard backlight

I have a very simple generic gaming keyboard with a backlight. The, typically, universal way to engage the backlight is with xset led 3. I can confirm that this does in-fact work. Because I have two computers that I switch back and forth from with a…
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Turn on keyboard backlight from multi-user.target

Is there a way to turn on the keyboard backlight from the multi-user.target environment? As X11 is not loaded, the command xset led on does not work and gives xset: unable to open display "". Currently, I am wanting the keyboard backlight to turn on…
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How to disable keyboard lights and underglow lights in Asus ROG Strix, G531GT with Linux Mint OS?

I am using a new laptop, Asus ROG Strix, G531GT-AL041T, G Core i7 9th Gen, and running Linux Mint 19.2 Tina on it. I am unable to find any option that could disable the keyboard lights and in particular the underglow lights which make the laptop…
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Keyboard backlight on GNOME?

I have an Asus VivoBook S510U running Debian buster/sid with GNOME 3.28.2 and still using XORG. A couple of months ago I was able to use the function keys to change keyboard backlight and I was also able to change that setting with a slider on the…
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Enable Scrolling and right click in trackpad in Kali along with keyboard backlight

I am new to this forum and Kali as well. I have a Macbook 13 inch 2015 model, and recently I installed Kali in it. I was able to configure broadcom drivers but even after googling a lot, I don't see any progress with my touchpad. I tried using the…
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Gnome 3 - custom keyboard shortcut to run command as root?

My keyboard backlight function keys don't seem to work, so I've written a script to change the keyboard brightness, which must be run as root. It is invoked like so... sudo /usr/bin/local/backlight inc sudo /usr/bin/local/backlight dec This works…
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