Keyboard Lights not working

Yesterday i installed garuda-dragonized but i keyboard lights are not working , i m able to change screen brightness & volume with Fn keys but not keypad lights.

System:
Kernel: 6.6.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1658ad10-6357-4dcb-9065-03d9a45957b9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=ccb7adc2-8afa-437b-8fef-07bf847f5bed loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506LHB_FX506LHB
v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX506LHB v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX506LHB.311 date: 02/09/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.1 Wh (87.1%) condition: 40.3/48.1 Wh (83.8%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.7 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10200H socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet Lake gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xF8
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4100 base/boost: 2277/8300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.8 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
bogomips: 38400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics 610] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ba4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-10;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0300
temp: 46.0 C
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris,nouveau gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau platforms:
device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT1)
device-ID: 8086:9ba4 memory: 7.42 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (CML GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:9ba4 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.84 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp0s20f0u2 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-14:12
chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 24.66 GiB (5.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZ
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 38d 15h cycles: 1,151
read-units: 18,703,557 [9.57 TB] written-units: 13,837,751 [7.08 TB]
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.65 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.65 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.65 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.65 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.6 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (21.8%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau
temp: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 279 Uptime: 1h 41m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 8 GiB
available: 7.6 GiB used: 2.99 GiB (39.3%) igpu: 64 MiB Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1816 libs: 551 tools: gnome-software,octopi,pamac,paru
Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.18-1):
System install date:     2023-11-11
Last full system update: 2023-11-11 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  1. reboot
  2. check arch wiki about your hardware
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Yesterday i installed Garuda-Hyprland and i installed atk package due to which i can control brightness with keypad but i cant turn on my keypad lights.

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.10-x64v2-xanmod1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-xanmod
    root=UUID=7f2d46a6-4eeb-45bb-971d-9889d4aab304 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=02eb8e91-7d22-4247-b3fa-b2fae4031cdb loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Hyprland info: waybar vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: GL553VE v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GL553VE v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: GL553VE.308 date: 04/29/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 25.0 Wh (93.6%) condition: 26.7/48.2 Wh (55.4%)
    volts: 15.4 min: 14.4 model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 33
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1969 high: 3581 min/max: 800/3800 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 800 2: 1904 3: 3517
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 3581 7: 3553 8: 800 bogomips: 44798
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nouveau v: kernel alternate: nvidiafb non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c
    class-ID: 0302 temp: 41.0 C
  Device-3: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0bda:57f5
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    compositor: Hyprland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris,nouveau gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x069c built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 8086:591b surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
    name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
    v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.10-x64v2-xanmod1-1 status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.84 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
    lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 11.42 GiB (1.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A3V0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 922.71 GiB size: 922.71 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.42 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 922.71 GiB size: 922.71 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.42 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 922.71 GiB size: 922.71 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.42 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 922.71 GiB size: 922.71 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.42 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
    zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C pch: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau
    temp: 41.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2600
Info:
  Processes: 218 Uptime: 46m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB
  available: 7.64 GiB used: 2.5 GiB (32.7%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1409 libs: 392 tools: gnome-software,paru Shell: Bash
  v: 5.2.15 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.17-1):
  System install date:     2023-11-04
  Last full system update: 2023-11-04 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units: 

I thought this was a hardware(keyboard) handled feature? I too have a backlit keyboard and it works with Fn+Spacebar keycombo. This behaviour has remained consistent with shift from Windows to garuda.

I would assume you too have such a button/shortcut that does that on your keyboard backlight but I am not too experienced with RGB stuff so I might be wrong.

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Nope in my laptop the RGB turns on with Fn + F4 & F3 because there are 3 levels of brightness and Screen brightness can be controlled with Fn + F5 & F6 which is working but i am still not able to figure out why my keypad lights are not working.

this forum may help your hardware issue:

here’s a package for your machine that was linked in that forum thread:

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@BlasterX24
It will not help, and it is rude to open new topics for the same problem.
Post why the hints does not help, what you try by yourself, please.

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sorry but it was my diff laptop!

Ok, what say asustek about linux compatibility?
Did you check the arch wiki about your models?
Did you use BIOS Fn settings?

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