Hi fellow Linux lovers.
I recently reinstalled my Garuda due to package issues, and i can no longer change my brightness.
I used to have the brightness control under the battery tray icon, but it is no longer there.
And i can not control the brightness with the keyboard shortcuts either.
I booted up a live USB and the brightness controls are there, just not in my install.
Here are some screenshots.
The live usb
And my install
And here is my inxi output
╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.2.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=20bc95d4-ae4d-4478-bc06-8f41b580fbe1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=f403acd8-a61f-4949-b37c-5a6faafc7937 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: G74Sx v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G74Sx v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: G74Sx.203 date: 09/23/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.0 Wh (99.1%) condition: 34.3/61.6 Wh (55.7%)
volts: 16.4 min: 14.4 model: ASUSTek G74--52 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-2670QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
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: 1374 high: 3100 min/max: 800/3100 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3100 2: 3100 3: 798
4: 798 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 35121
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 560M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 390.157 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 390.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi code: GF1xx
process: 40/28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1251 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.2:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5134 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 128 s-size: 381x211mm (15.00x8.31")
s-diag: 436mm (17.15")
Monitor-1: LVDS-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128
size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.26") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 renderer: GeForce GTX 560M/PCIe/SSE2
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bee class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.2-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK U6V/U31J laptop driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: a000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 965.93 GiB used: 272.39 GiB (28.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LAT-256M3S
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: VBA2 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD7500BPKX-00HPJT0 size: 698.64 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 28.82 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 230.46 GiB size: 230.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.43 GiB (8.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: /home raw-size: 230.46 GiB size: 230.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.43 GiB (8.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 230.46 GiB size: 230.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.43 GiB (8.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 230.46 GiB size: 230.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 20.43 GiB (8.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 19.51 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 38 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200
Info:
Processes: 281 Uptime: 19m wakeups: 1 Memory: 19.51 GiB
used: 3.24 GiB (16.6%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1873
libs: 446 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.25
Garuda (2.6.15-1):
System install date: 2023-02-23
Last full system update: 2023-03-11 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units: systemd-vconsole-setup.service
Any help would be greatly appreciated.