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Backlight keyboard activation on Asus Strix

How can i activate the backlight keyboard on my nb (Asus Strix Republic of Games) ?

Using Win10 the backlight is active and can be deactivated using FN-F3/FN-F4 but with ubuntu (i am using the Lubuntu desktop environment) the FN key seems not to be active and the backlight keyboard is always off.

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maurososcia
asked May 30 2017

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  1. Edit GRUB config file to pass a kernel boot parameter
    Open Terminal
    type sudo -H gedit /etc/default/grub
    Find this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""quiet splash""
    Add acpi_osi= immediately following quiet splash to give: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""quiet splash acpi_osi=""
    The next line should look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""""
    SAVE and CLOSE file
    In terminal, type sudo update-grub

  2. Create .CONF file
    Open Terminal
    type (or copy/paste): sudo -H gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

    Enter this in the file line for line:

    Section ""Device""
    Identifier ""card0""
    Driver ""intel""
    Option ""Backlight"" ""intel_backlight""
    BusID ""PCI:0:2:0""
    EndSection

    SAVE and CLOSE file

  3. Reboot computer
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maurososcia
Aug 30 2025
Many thanks for the interesting post but it soesn't function for me.<br /> In the first start my laptop went locked because the post reports the file creation with double quotes but i believe it's a mistake so i deleted une of them and my laptop was able to start.<br /> With the editing of the grup file my only new was that the touchpad stopped to work.<br /> In both cases, however, the solution is not good for me.
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linuxhelp
asked Jan 05 2019
edited Jan 07 2019
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