Bug 2158744 - Keyboard backlight doesn’t work
Summary: Keyboard backlight doesn’t work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xkeyboard-config
Version: 37
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-01-06 12:55 UTC by Blake McBride
Modified: 2023-12-07 11:10 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-12-07 11:10:05 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Blake McBride 2023-01-06 12:55:42 UTC
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!

Comment 1 Blake McBride 2023-01-06 14:38:33 UTC
The keyboard backlight is controlled by the Window-F4 key.  No other steps are needed.  Everything is fine.

Comment 2 Aoife Moloney 2023-11-23 00:54:43 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 37 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 37 on 2023-12-05.
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Comment 3 Aoife Moloney 2023-12-07 11:10:05 UTC
Fedora Linux 37 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-12-05.

Fedora Linux 37 is no longer maintained, which means that it
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