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#1 2013-05-01 09:52:32

younishd
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[SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

Hi.
I did a kernel update (linux (3.9-1 -> 3.9-2)) and now I can no longer set my laptop's keyboard LEDs using asus-kbd-backlight. neutral

$ asus-kbd-backlight max
cat: /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/max_brightness: No such file or directory
cat: /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness: No such file or directory

Maybe the files' location has changed after the system update or the system no longer detects the LEDs.
Does anyone have an idea ?
Thanks.
~YouniS

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#2 2013-05-01 10:29:02

HalosGhost
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

What do you see in /sys/class/leds/ ? Also, this might be better placed in the [testing] section (I'm assuming you're running [testing] due to the 3.9.x kernels).

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#3 2013-05-01 10:41:27

younishd
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

$ ls /sys/class/leds/
ath9k-phy0
$ ls /sys/class/leds/ath9k-phy0
brightness  device  max_brightness  power  subsystem  trigger  uevent
$ cat /sys/class/leds/ath9k-phy0/*brightness
255
255

Changing /sys/class/leds/ath9k-phy0brightness does not seem to affect the keyboard's LEDs (nor the display).

My laptop is: ASUS N56VZ

this might be better placed in the [testing] section

Yes, I have [testing] repos enabled. I'll post this in testing section then.

Thanks.
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#4 2013-05-01 10:43:36

HalosGhost
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

younishd wrote:

Yes, I have [testing] repos enabled. I'll post this in testing section then.

Thanks.
~YouniS

No, don't repost. Ask the moderation team to move it.

All the best,

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#5 2013-05-01 13:30:59

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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

Moving from Laptop Issues to [testing] Repo Forum.


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#6 2013-05-01 13:44:19

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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

younishd wrote:

Changing /sys/class/leds/ath9k-phy0brightness does not seem to affect the keyboard's LEDs (nor the display).

"ath9k" is the driver for Atheros wireless devices.


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#7 2013-05-01 13:52:52

younishd
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

"ath9k" is the driver for Atheros wireless devices.

Yes, I know. I'm using that one.
The folder for the asus kbd backlight is missing.

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#8 2013-05-13 15:02:33

kyak
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

Same problem here after update to 3.9.2 (no testing repos).

# ls /sys/class/leds/
phy0-led
# ls /sys/class/leds/phy0-led
brightness  device  max_brightness  power  subsystem  trigger  uevent

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#9 2013-05-13 16:05:58

kyak
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

After digging a bit, the following workaround solves the problem for me:

1) Automatically load the asus-nb-wmi kernel module. This module provides the asus::kbd_backlight, but doesn't load automatically for some reason:
echo asus-nb-wmi > /etc/modules-load.d/asus-nb-wmi.conf
2) Change the path in /usr/bin/asus-kbd-backlight to "/sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus::kbd_backlight".

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#10 2013-05-13 16:10:49

younishd
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Re: [SOLVED] ASUS keyboard LEDs after kernel update

kyak,
thank you a lot. It worked for me.
I'll mark this as solved. big_smile

~YouniS


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