Pro1 X keyboard backlight

[kanguru007]

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?

[ancientsounds]

@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

[ancientsounds]

@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]

[arubislander]

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

[kugiigi]

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

[ancientsounds]

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