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Unable to disable the Keyboard LED on a Acer Predator PH315-55 running on Ubuntu 22.04

Open alok-38 opened this issue 1 year ago • 6 comments

It is a dual boot system.I followed the exact steps after cloning the kernel module. I booted to windows and disabled the Keyboard LED using the Predator sense software. Rebooted to Linux.No luck. Installed it as a systemd service and rebooted to windows. Works well on it. Rebooted to Linux, but no luck. It is running on Ubuntu 22.04 fully updated and patched.

alok-38 avatar May 31 '23 02:05 alok-38

Update on what just happened. After booting to Linux with the keyboard LED still enabled, I rebooted to the BIOS to find that Secure boot was already disabled whereas Fastboot was enabled. I disabled Fastboot and went to windows to confirm if everything is okay. It turned out to be okay. Booted back to Linux and it turned out to be okay as well! I am wondering if this has anything to do with disabling Fastboot? I will monitor the situation for a few days and leave another note if it is a good idea to tweak this module to make it work flawlessly on this system.

alok-38 avatar May 31 '23 03:05 alok-38

Update: In order to ensure that the Keyboard LED stays disabled, I have to first boot to windows and then to Linux.

alok-38 avatar May 31 '23 04:05 alok-38

Hi alok. I just got this laptop and am running ubuntu 22.04 updated version too.

I am not able to control the rgb lights of the keyboard with this package. Did I installed wrongly or are you unable to control the lights too?

zetchz avatar Jul 19 '23 02:07 zetchz

Which Acer model are you referring to?

alok-38 avatar Jul 19 '23 08:07 alok-38

System Information Manufacturer: Acer Product Name: Predator PH315-55 Base Board Information Manufacturer: ADL Product Name: Evoque_ADH Version: V1.10

zetchz avatar Jul 22 '23 00:07 zetchz

Please try to follow the exact same steps which I did. It may or may not work for this model. I would have dove deeper if I had knowledge of drivers and the Linux kernel.

alok-38 avatar Jul 24 '23 01:07 alok-38