Keyboard backlight on Xiaomi Notebook keeps turning off
Ubuntu 18.04 is installed on my Xiaomi Notebook 13".
I am having an issue with the keyboard backlight : after a few seconds without using the keyboard, the backlight of the keyboard turns off until you press any key.
How can I keep the light always on?
I can't find a setting in the BIOS nor in the setting menus.
keyboard 18.04 brightness backlight
asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
rbarbazzrbarbazz
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Ubuntu 18.04 is installed on my Xiaomi Notebook 13".
I am having an issue with the keyboard backlight : after a few seconds without using the keyboard, the backlight of the keyboard turns off until you press any key.
How can I keep the light always on?
I can't find a setting in the BIOS nor in the setting menus.
keyboard 18.04 brightness backlight
asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
rbarbazzrbarbazz
11
add a comment |
Ubuntu 18.04 is installed on my Xiaomi Notebook 13".
I am having an issue with the keyboard backlight : after a few seconds without using the keyboard, the backlight of the keyboard turns off until you press any key.
How can I keep the light always on?
I can't find a setting in the BIOS nor in the setting menus.
keyboard 18.04 brightness backlight
asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
rbarbazzrbarbazz
11
Ubuntu 18.04 is installed on my Xiaomi Notebook 13".
I am having an issue with the keyboard backlight : after a few seconds without using the keyboard, the backlight of the keyboard turns off until you press any key.
How can I keep the light always on?
I can't find a setting in the BIOS nor in the setting menus.
keyboard 18.04 brightness backlight
keyboard 18.04 brightness backlight
asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
rbarbazzrbarbazz
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asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
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asked Jul 3 '18 at 13:07
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Most keyboard backlights are intended to work that way, turning off after a short time of not typing.
With that said, there's probably some subdirectory in /sys/class/leds for your keyboard backlight. Mine is /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight. Inside that are several control files that you can cat to see what they're set to. You can echo to them with sudo to change them.
With mine, sudo bash -c 'echo 46799s > stop_timeout' in that directory sets the backlight to stay on for half a day after pressing a key, which may not give you exactly what you want, but might be good enough.
Perhaps yours is similar or there's some other file in your keyboard backlight subdirectory that you can write to to get the effect that you want.
answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
Chai T. RexChai T. Rex
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I went through the whole/sys/class/folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !
– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
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Restart and boot into BIOS (press F2), in bios go to power settings and change keyboard light from power saving mode to standard mode.
answered Mar 11 at 2:19
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Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
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Most keyboard backlights are intended to work that way, turning off after a short time of not typing.
With that said, there's probably some subdirectory in /sys/class/leds for your keyboard backlight. Mine is /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight. Inside that are several control files that you can cat to see what they're set to. You can echo to them with sudo to change them.
With mine, sudo bash -c 'echo 46799s > stop_timeout' in that directory sets the backlight to stay on for half a day after pressing a key, which may not give you exactly what you want, but might be good enough.
Perhaps yours is similar or there's some other file in your keyboard backlight subdirectory that you can write to to get the effect that you want.
answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
Chai T. RexChai T. Rex
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I went through the whole/sys/class/folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !
– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
add a comment |
Most keyboard backlights are intended to work that way, turning off after a short time of not typing.
With that said, there's probably some subdirectory in /sys/class/leds for your keyboard backlight. Mine is /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight. Inside that are several control files that you can cat to see what they're set to. You can echo to them with sudo to change them.
With mine, sudo bash -c 'echo 46799s > stop_timeout' in that directory sets the backlight to stay on for half a day after pressing a key, which may not give you exactly what you want, but might be good enough.
Perhaps yours is similar or there's some other file in your keyboard backlight subdirectory that you can write to to get the effect that you want.
answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
Chai T. RexChai T. Rex
4,17711536
I went through the whole/sys/class/folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !
– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
add a comment |
Most keyboard backlights are intended to work that way, turning off after a short time of not typing.
With that said, there's probably some subdirectory in /sys/class/leds for your keyboard backlight. Mine is /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight. Inside that are several control files that you can cat to see what they're set to. You can echo to them with sudo to change them.
With mine, sudo bash -c 'echo 46799s > stop_timeout' in that directory sets the backlight to stay on for half a day after pressing a key, which may not give you exactly what you want, but might be good enough.
Perhaps yours is similar or there's some other file in your keyboard backlight subdirectory that you can write to to get the effect that you want.
answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
Chai T. RexChai T. Rex
4,17711536
Most keyboard backlights are intended to work that way, turning off after a short time of not typing.
With that said, there's probably some subdirectory in /sys/class/leds for your keyboard backlight. Mine is /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight. Inside that are several control files that you can cat to see what they're set to. You can echo to them with sudo to change them.
With mine, sudo bash -c 'echo 46799s > stop_timeout' in that directory sets the backlight to stay on for half a day after pressing a key, which may not give you exactly what you want, but might be good enough.
Perhaps yours is similar or there's some other file in your keyboard backlight subdirectory that you can write to to get the effect that you want.
answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
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answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
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answered Oct 16 '18 at 23:06
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I went through the whole/sys/class/folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !
– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
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I went through the whole/sys/class/folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !
– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
I went through the whole
/sys/class/ folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !– rbarbazz
Oct 23 '18 at 18:18
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/sys/class/ folder but couldn't find the keyboard nor anything linked to xiaomi. I guess some driver isn't working properly on linux. Thanks for your reply tho !– rbarbazz
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Restart and boot into BIOS (press F2), in bios go to power settings and change keyboard light from power saving mode to standard mode.
answered Mar 11 at 2:19
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Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
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Restart and boot into BIOS (press F2), in bios go to power settings and change keyboard light from power saving mode to standard mode.
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Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
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yesterday
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Restart and boot into BIOS (press F2), in bios go to power settings and change keyboard light from power saving mode to standard mode.
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Restart and boot into BIOS (press F2), in bios go to power settings and change keyboard light from power saving mode to standard mode.
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Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
– rbarbazz
yesterday
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Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
– rbarbazz
yesterday
Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
– rbarbazz
yesterday
Thanks for your answer. There is no such option in my BIOS, maybe you updated yours recently ? If so do you have a link for the file ?
– rbarbazz
yesterday
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