Hi everyone…
Garuda is doing great just have a minor issue of not having my keyboard backlight going…which isn’t massive but would be nice to see…
Does anyone have a fix for this…?
Tried most of the ones in the add and remove (Including AUR) ASUS say they don’t support or have a driver for it…
Help if possible.
Thanks
Advise you post your ‘garuda-inxi’ output before @SGS disposes of your post. Them’s the rules. 
Hey,
Sorry if not on par with the rules and Reg first-time I’ve posted here…
Not sure how to actually do what you suggested…
Thanks tho.
garuda-inxi is used to provide your system specs.
Just open a terminal, type garuda-inxi, press enter, copy (Ctrl+Shift+C) the output and paste it here in this topic formatted
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If you prefer, the same information is provided in the Garuda Assistant / System specs tab.
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The keyboard backlight is normally controlled via the firmware and the operating system is not aware of it.
That’s why it works on most laptops without a suitable driver using the Fn key, in your case that should be “Fn + F7”.
There is open source software for Asus laptops, for example asusctl, but that mainly only supports TUF/ROG models. If your keyboard is connected internally via USB, then it could probably work with a VivoBook - you can check this with:
lsusb
If something like “asus n-key” or similar is displayed, then the keyboard is connected via USB and you might be lucky that it works.
If you use KDE Plasma: in the system settings you can set a shortcut to activate/deactivate the keyboard backlight. But that only works if a corresponding driver is installed, which is probably not the case with Asus. If there is nothing called ‘asus::kbd_backlight’ under /sys/class/leds/, then a shortcut will not work.
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