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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control?
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:10:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201102212010.48661.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimtpe_QRLnpc97jV4QsUPuWXhQQCLE_HUyHMT0a@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday 21 February 2011 19:40:33 Mark Knecht wrote:
> Is there either a kernel config option or additionally some
> application that allows me to turn on and off the lights underneath
> this groovy new laptop's keyboard?
> 
> They flash on when booting, and work in Windows, but I don't know how
> to control them in Linux. I haven't found any function key that does
> it in hardware so I assume it's possibly an ACPI type thing or
> something else?

You didn't say which groovy new laptop's keyboard you are trying to make light 
up, so I can only guess that SENSORS_APPLESMC may well do the trick for you, 
but YMMV ...
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-21 21:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-21 19:40 [gentoo-user] keyboard lighting control? Mark Knecht
2011-02-21 20:10 ` Mick [this message]
2011-02-21 20:20   ` Mark Knecht
2011-02-22 16:47     ` Paul Hartman
2011-02-23 23:05     ` Stroller
2011-02-23 23:32       ` Mick
2011-02-24  1:19         ` Mark Knecht

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