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MalevolentPotato

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Registered: 2025-04-11

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Keyboard backlight non-functional on ACER Nitro 5 (AN515-58)

Keyboard backlight functions during boot, and shuts off shortly before desktop environment loads. Backlight timeout is disabled in bios.

brightnessctl -l returns:

Available devices:
Device 'nvidia_wmi_ec_backlight' of class 'backlight':
	Current brightness: 255 (100%)
	Max brightness: 255

Device 'input10::capslock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'input4::capslock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'phy0-led' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 1 (100%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'input4::scrolllock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'input10::numlock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'enp43s0-2::lan' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 255 (100%)
	Max brightness: 255

Device 'input10::scrolllock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'input4::numlock' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 0 (0%)
	Max brightness: 1

Device 'enp43s0-1::lan' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 255 (100%)
	Max brightness: 255

Device 'enp43s0-0::lan' of class 'leds':
	Current brightness: 255 (100%)
	Max brightness: 255