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Questions tagged [keyboard-backlight]

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How to light up back-lit keyboard?

I recently got a backlit keyboard, and I LOVE to write late at night. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to light it up...It lights up when first plugged in, but nothing happens after that.... It is an 'XtremeIT' keyboard. There is a…
Dante Ashton
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cannot turn on keyboard backlight

I am using ASUS UX303 LN, Laptop and Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 is installed on it. I cant find a way to turn on my keyboard backlight on it. The keyboard shortcut that works in windows is not working here. Please help
screenslaver
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Turn off keyboard back-light Sony (VAIO SVF1521DCXW)

I have a Sony vaio laptop fit 15E model SVF1521DCXW and I want to turn OFF its keyboard back-light. It doesn't have a phisycal function shortcut key on the keyboard . I can turn off it with VAIO Control Center in Windows OS but I don't know how can…
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How do I enable keyboard backlight in Ubuntu 20.04.02 on Dell G5 Laptop?

I recently bought a Dell G5 laptop which came pre-installed with Windows OS. However, I removed Windows OS and install Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS on it. Now, I'm unable to get the keyboard backlight to work and I'm unable to find a solution to this…
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Keyboard slow to start working on boot Ubuntu 14.04

I have a recently built PC with Z170 mobo and 6700k/980Ti and a Corsair Strafe (backlit) keyboard. I had some issues with the Ethernet interface not appearing anywhere, which I solved like other people with the same specs on Ubuntu 14.04. After I…
kalfasyan
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Keyboard backlight keeps going on in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I have just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my Dell Latitude E6540 and my keyboard backlight is keeps going on after some time even after I switch them off using the shortcut keys (Fn+->). Thanks in advance for any help.
Bhammarker Rahul
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Dell keyboard backlight is not working

I saw that the keyboard backlight was not working. How can that be fixed? Hardware/OS Dell Latitude E6540 Kubuntu 16.04 (xenial)
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Keyboard backlight turns on after lock screen/display on

I've just upgraded Ubuntu (15.04 to 15.10) and now I'm running into a weird behavior: whenever I lock the screen (using any of Ctrl+Alt+L, Win+L or just clicking on "Lock" in the taskbar menu), the keyboard backlight turns on, even though I always…
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How to prevent the keyboard backlight from turning on when the laptop is woken from sleep?

I have a Thinkpad 470 and I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on it. I don't like to keep the keyboard backlight on during daytime because I want to save battery among other things. What I have noticed is that the backlight turns itself on even if it is…
Chani
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How to control Logitech G915 TKL keyboard lighting in Linux Ubuntu?

Logitech doesn't have an official driver for controlling the LED effects for Ubuntu. Is there any custom solution working (For example keyleds, openrgb, solaar, libratbag, anything else)?
Elijas Dapšauskas
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How to control RGB lighting for Asus ROG laptop's built-in keyboard?

I have been looking for a solution to this problem for quite some time but I haven't managed to find any fixes. I have an Asus ROG Strix G731GT laptop running a dual-boot of Windows 10 & Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The laptop's built-in keyboard has RGB…
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Keyboard backlight Ubuntu 18.10 not working

I have a problem with the new version of Ubuntu. I used to have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS version, but I decided to change to the normal version and update it to Ubuntu 18.10. Since then I can't turn the keyboard backlight on. I have already tried to open a…
Isaac Lacort
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No keyboard backlighting

I have bought an MS-industral Fusion keyboard.The keyboard supports backlighting and I have tested it on my friends Windows 7 and it worked.I am using Ubuntu 14.10 and backlighting does not work.All the multimedia keys do work. Backlighting control…
Mario Kamenjak
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Asus ROG Zephyrus Keyboard Backlight not working

I'm having quite the time getting my keyboard backlights to work on my ROG Zephyrus laptop. Some of the F# keys do not respond their dedicated function when holding the Fn key. Specifically the key combinations for adjusting keyboard backlight for…
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Keyboard won't light up on a Sony Vaio VPCF121FX

I've been using my Vaio VPCF121FX for over a year now, running Ubuntu 10.10 and then 11.04 and my backlight keyboard has always worked flawlessly. Until now, I just install Ubuntu 11.10 and this feature seems to be missing or forgotten by the…
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