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Pro1 X keyboard backlight

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      kanguru007
      last edited by 10 Dec 2023, 15:19

      I've just received my Pro1 X and installed Ubuntu Touch on it.
      The keyboard backlight is off and I can't find a way of turning it on.
      Anyone knows how to do it?

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        ancientsounds @kanguru007
        last edited by 25 Jul 2024, 10:12

        @kanguru007
        Partial answer to this at
        https://community.fxtec.com/topic/3684-ubuntu-touch-physical-keyboard-backlight-pro1x/

        To set permissions:
        sudo chmod 666 /sys/class/leds/:kbd_backlight/brightness

        To turn on backlight:
        echo "1" > /sys/class/leds/:kbd_backlight/brightness

        To turn off backlight:
        echo "0" > /sys/class/leds/:kbd_backlight/brightness

        I wrote those into 2 one-line scripts called klon and kloff, for brevity.

        If you don't turn it off manually, the backlight stays on even when you close the keyboard

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          ancientsounds @ancientsounds
          last edited by 25 Jul 2024, 11:05

          @ancientsounds
          An old post by Zahks on the fxtec community site gives a link to a code fix for the keyboard backlight issue.

          "Keyboard Backlight ✔️ - I have resolved this one. Here is my python script and a installer so you can fix it yourself. It also auto-hides the on screen keyboard when it is pulled out. Just download, unzip and run InstallSliderDaemon.sh . Current script is as stable as it gets. Please download and let me know if you have any bugs."

          [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZGk1nefQkHmtPNo6g-K8ggg6ESfH8d9d/view?pli=1]

          A 1 Reply Last reply 25 Jul 2024, 11:58 Reply Quote 0
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            arubislander @ancientsounds
            last edited by 25 Jul 2024, 11:58

            @ancientsounds A community member is also working on a properly integrated fix for UT possibly based on this work.

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              kugiigi @arubislander
              last edited by 25 Jul 2024, 13:59

              @arubislander Oh, didn't know it's for this. Nice 😄

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                ancientsounds @arubislander
                last edited by 25 Jul 2024, 16:03

                @arubislander Excellent news, not least because the script I linked to earlier doesn't work as is, and will need further work

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