[SOLVED]Keyboard backlight started not working with no explicit reason

KushTheYalnızŞövalye · 2024-05-18 18:45:56

Device: Asus ROG Strix G513IC
I have no idea when this issue started. Nowadays I don't use my computer, I open it to do some writing, sometimes studying. These usually take place in the daytime, so I didn't even notice the keyboard light not working.

Interesting part is half of the light is working. You see, my computer has a ring like light underneath the actual keyboard, around the body of the laptop, facing towards me. They work just fine, they respond to me changing the lighting power from my fn+ f2/3 combination. Actual keyboard part lights up on startup, on sleep and on shutdown only, but those are probably related to BIOS rather that the OS.

I just did a fresh arch install with archinstall script, hoping it would help. I was planing to cleanup my files anyways, that became an excuse to me.

Yapping apart I have a clue from open rgb:

WARNING:
One or more I2C/SMBus interfaces failed to initialize.
RGB DRAM modules and some motherboards' onboard RGB lighting will not be available without I2C/SMBus.
On Linux, this is usually because the i2c-dev module is not loaded. You must load the i2c-dev module along with the correct i2c driver for your motherboard. This is usually i2c-piix4 for AMD systems and i2c-i801 for Intel systems.
See help.openrgb.org for additional troubleshooting steps if you keep seeing this message.

I reinstalled i2c-tools, no change whatsoever. I couldn't find anything related to "i2c-piix4" on arch wiki

I have this also:

$ i2cdetect -l
i2c-0   i2c             Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter         I2C adapter
i2c-1   i2c             Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter         I2C adapter
i2c-2   smbus           SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 0 at 0b00      SMBus adapter
i2c-3   smbus           SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 2 at 0b00      SMBus adapter
i2c-4   smbus           SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 1 at 0b20      SMBus adapter
i2c-5   i2c             DP-1                                    I2C adapter
i2c-6   i2c             AMDGPU DM i2c hw bus 0                  I2C adapter
i2c-7   i2c             AMDGPU DM i2c hw bus 1                  I2C adapter
i2c-8   i2c             AMDGPU DM aux hw bus 0                  I2C adapter

Edit: Now it is working perfectly fine. I did nothing, it just works now.

Last edited by KushTheYalnızŞövalye (2024-05-20 17:09:46)

HF7790 · 2024-05-18 18:59:23

bu laptoplarda hep sorun cikariyor. bir sorunu cozuyorsun bu sefer baska bir sorunu ortaya cikiyor. laptoplar linuxa uyumlu hale gelene kadar herhalde bi 3-4 yil daha gecer. en iyisi parclalarini tek tek arastirip toplama bilgisayar almak. yada lenovo gibi linuxla uyumlu laptoplar almak.

KushTheYalnızŞövalye · 2024-05-18 19:56:21

HF7790 wrote:

bu laptoplarda hep sorun cikariyor. bir sorunu cozuyorsun bu sefer baska bir sorunu ortaya cikiyor. laptoplar linuxa uyumlu hale gelene kadar herhalde bi 3-4 yil daha gecer. en iyisi parclalarini tek tek arastirip toplama bilgisayar almak. yada lenovo gibi linuxla uyumlu laptoplar almak.

hocam bana kalsa bir thinkpad patlatırım ama YKS bitsin diye bekliyorum, babam yoksa ikna olmaz. PC müh düşünüyorum zaten. Okul için ayrı bir laptop almak lazım. Buna da el mahkum win10 atcaz.
off-topic:
Şimdilik bu ışık işini çözsem yeter. Geceler şu sıralar normalden uzun geçiyor.. Burdan o hanıma esenlikler. Mutludur kendisi, biliyorum. o7

Just a fix for the light issue is needed. Temporary is acceptable, maybe requiring a few steps everytime I open the pc. I barely open the computer but when I do I could use them lights.

Last edited by KushTheYalnızŞövalye (2024-05-18 19:56:42)

fukawi2 · 2024-05-25 21:02:47

@HF7790 In future, please stick to a single language to match the OP so others can follow along, assist and benefit from the information.

We have the "Other Languages" subforum if you need/prefer to use a language other than English.

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[SOLVED]Keyboard backlight started not working with no explicit reason

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