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Default Keyboard brightness is not working

I am running Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit on an Asus UX31A. To control the default screen and keyboard brightness after the start, I wrote this to the rc.local: echo 0 > ...
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Keyboard light and screen brightness at 100% after startup

Well the problem is that after every restart the default screen and keyboard light is at 100% and it is quite annoying. Is there a workaround for this? Thank You! :)
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Keyboard backlight command by percentage

I want to make a keyboard shortcut to increase and the decrease the keyboard backlight brightness. The command I have for full brightness is: echo -n 100 > ...
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Mac Keyboard Backlight ubuntu 12.04

Running Ubuntu 12.04, I can't get the keyboard backlight on a Macbook Pro (mid 2012) to turn on. When I press the brightness button, the display shows up on full but the lights do not turn on. It ...
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Disable keyboard backlight on Sony Vaio SVE14 [duplicate]

I've read a lot about using the following file to deactivate the backlight but for me it just doesn't exist: /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/kbd_backlight The sony-laptop folder exists though. Is ...
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Will a backlight keyboard indicator be included in 12.10? [closed]

I know it's not on 12.04, but will it be in 12.10? Is it in the betas currently? Cheers
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How do I enable Backlit Keyboard on Asus N56VM

I recently bought an Asus N56VM which is suppose to ship with a backlit keyboard. However on startup and when dark there is no backlit keyboard. When pressing the Fn+F3/F4 buttons, the animation for ...
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Reverse-Engineer Driver for Multi-colored Backlit Keyboard on Clevo Laptops

Here's my situation: I recently purchased a Sager NP9170 (same as the Clevo P170EM) and it has a multi-colored, backlit keyboard. Under Windows 7, you can launch an app that allows you to change the ...
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Keyboard backlighting not working on a Vaio laptop

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Vaio laptop (model VPCSB11FX) last night and one of the issues I'm having is that the keyboard backlighting doesn't work. I saw this question solving a similar problem ...
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Where can I find an updated asus-wmi-dkms package for Asus N56V?

I'm trying to use the answer for 166261 question. The suggested package ( install asus-wmi-dkms_0.2_all.deb.gz package (from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12057336&postcount=49) ) seems ...
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Keyboard backlight not working on an Asus N56V

See question 166263 The FN keys are not working Using answer in 166261 question I installed the asus-wmi-dkms_0.2_all.deb.gz package Now, using xev I see that the keys emit keycodes (for backlight ...
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Keyboard backlight support for Asus G55VW

The FN+F3 and FN+F4 key combinations are not able to control the keyboard backlight on my Asus G55VW. I could live with a command line solution so I tried the solution proposed here: ...
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Brightness Hotkeys Only Slightly Work

I just installed Precise on my Samsung Laptop (QX412-S01au, using Ubuntu 2D). The brightness hotkeys sort of work: Adjusting the brightness using the slider in the control panel works just fine ...
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How to disable Macbook keyboard backlight

How do I disable the keyboard backlight, by turning it completely off, on a Macbook in 12.04? Whenever I reboot, Ubuntu sets the backlight to 100% brightness, and frustratingly the new function keys ...
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Keyboard light hotkey (Fn + F3 and F4) rarely work on an Asus G60J

Im using Ubuntu 12.04, and my laptop is an Asus G60J. Specifications: Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Intel i7 720qm Nvidia gtx 260m 4gb RAM The laptop always start with the keyboard backlit On. The hotkeys ...
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Editing pommed.conf doesn't seem to have an effect

I am on a Macbook Pro 5,5 running 12.04 LTS, pommed v1.39, and Gnome Shell 3.4. On Macs you should install the pommed package to make full use of the media keys on mac keyboards: brightness for ...
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How can I fix my keyboard backlight on an HP Pavilion dv6 6090ef? [closed]

Today, my keyboard and touchpad backlight stopped working. I'm sure it's not an hardware problem because it works fine on windows. How can I fix this ? Thanks in advance. Config : HP pavilion dv6 ...
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WIll 12.04 have a keyboard backlight indicator?

I have a laptop which has a keyboard with a backlight. This works fine, brightness indicator, volume indicator, but nothing appears on for keyboard backlight. Will 12.04 eventually have a keyboard ...
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Keyboard won't light up on a Sony Vaio VPCF121FX

I've been using my Vaio VPCF121FX for over a year now, running Ubuntu 10.10 and then 11.04 and my backlight keyboard has always worked flawlessly. Until now, i just install Ubuntu 11.10 and this ...
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How do I enable the backlit keyboard on an ASUS G53SX or G53SW?

Does anyone know how to enable backlit keyboard on ASUS G53SX? Edit as of Feb 18, 2012: As Qw4z1 mentioned here's a trick to enable the backlit brightness: su (enter root password) echo 0x00050021 ...