https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158744
Bug ID: 2158744 Summary: Keyboard backlight doesn’t work Product: Fedora Version: 37 Hardware: x86_64 OS: Linux Status: NEW Component: xkeyboard-config Severity: medium Assignee: peter.hutterer@redhat.com Reporter: blake@mcbridemail.com QA Contact: extras-qa@fedoraproject.org CC: ajax@redhat.com, i18n-bugs@lists.fedoraproject.org, negativo17@gmail.com, peter.hutterer@redhat.com, rhughes@redhat.com, rstrode@redhat.com, sandmann@redhat.com Target Milestone: --- Classification: Fedora
Description of problem:
I have an HP Envy Laptop, and I am using Fedora 37 Mate. The keyboard backlight never lights up.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 37
Additional info:
``` [root@FAYE-HP ~]# uname -a Linux FAYE-HP 6.0.16-300.fc37.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Dec 31 16:47:53 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@FAYE-HP leds]# pwd /sys/class/leds [root@FAYE-HP leds]# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:13 input2::capslock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2/input2::capslock lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:13 input2::numlock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2/input2::numlock lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:13 input2::scrolllock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2/input2::scrolllock lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:16 phy0-led -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.3/leds/phy0-led
[root@FAYE-HP phy0-led]# pwd /sys/class/leds/phy0-led [root@FAYE-HP phy0-led]# ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Jan 5 16:18 brightness lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:18 device -> ../../../0000:00:14.3 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Jan 5 16:18 max_brightness drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 0 Jan 5 16:18 power lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:18 subsystem -> ../../../../../class/leds -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Jan 5 16:18 trigger -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Jan 5 16:13 uevent [root@FAYE-HP phy0-led]# cat brightness 1 ```
None of this worked. Interestingly, the keyboard backlight works on Manjaro Linux.
Any help would surely be appreciated!
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158744
--- Comment #1 from Blake McBride blake@mcbridemail.com --- The keyboard backlight is controlled by the Window-F4 key. No other steps are needed. Everything is fine.
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