Minimal Linux distro CLI & UI for TUXEDO / Clevo computers Keyboard Backlight
This utility automates toggling keyboard backlight state for TUXEDO / Clevo computers on Linux.
It can toggle the keyboard backlight off, set any modes defined here and set a single or multiple colors in Color (custom) mode.
Default available colors are:
Search for TUXEDO Backlight Control from the Super (Start) menu.
backlight <command> [<option>]
Usage:
-h, --help Display this message
-v, --version Display app version
ui Start the TUXEDO Backlight Control UI
off Turn off keyboard backlight
<mode> Set the keyboard backlight to <mode>, one of:
breathe, cycle, dance, flash, random, tempo, wave
color <color>{1,4} Set the keyboard backlight to a single color, one of:
white, silver, gray, yellow, orange, red, maroon, crimson,
fuchsia, purple, rose, cyan, turquoise, teal, blue, navy,
olive, lime, green, OR any valid color_name=hex_value pairs
defined in /etc/tuxedo-backlight-control/colors.conf
Alternatively, set the keyboard to 4 distinct colors,
in the order: left, center, right, extra. Only regions supported
by your keyboard will have effect.
brightness Set keyboard backlight brightness from 0-255
As of 0.5 you can add your own custom colors, by creating a colors.conf file in a directory /etc/tuxedo-backlight-control. The file should have a format like:
my_color1=123456
my_color2=654321
The colors added here will be usable both in the CLI, and appear in the color dropdown in the UI. The values should be valid HEX colors, the keys can only contain alphanumeric characters.
Development of this software is done on Clevo N150-ZU / N151-ZU. Only single color mode is known to work for these the models.
Required packages:
- On Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint / PopOS : python3, python3-tk & policykit-1.
- On Arch Linux / Manjaro : python, tk, polkit
On Debian you can verify if you have these by doing apt show <package-name>.
Required modules: tuxedo-keyboard
Download it from the repository or git clone as below:
git clone https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard.git
cd tuxedo-keyboard
Follow the instructions at tuxedo-keyboard under the section "The DKMS route"
You can install the "tuxedo-keyboard" Package from the AUR
You can download and install the TUXEDO Keyboard .deb Package from http://deb.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tuxedo-keyboard-dkms/
Note: You might have to execute some of the commands below with sudo
Download and double-click the .deb package from the releases, or run
dpkg -i tuxedo-backlight-control_0.7-1_amd64.deb
from the folder where you downloaded it.
Download the .pkg.tar.xz package from the releases, and run
pacman -U tuxedo-backlight-control-0.7-1.pkg.tar.xz
from the folder where you downloaded it.
Note: Although it is not recommended, you can install dpkg on Arch Linux, and install the .deb package there as you would on Debian OS'es.
Alternatively, you can use the AUR Package from Steven Seifried
git clone https://github.com/webketje/tuxedo-backlight-control.git
cd tuxedo-backlight-control
./pack.sh
In the dist folder you will find distribution packages built for the supported distro's. If none of these packages fits your distribution you can manually paste the contents of the src/ folder in your system root like so:
cd src
cp -r usr /usr
ln -s -f -T /usr/share/tuxedo-backlight-control/backlight.py /usr/local/bin/backlight
Note: You might have to execute some of the commands below with sudo
dpkg -r tuxedo-backlight-control
pacman -Rs tuxedo-backlight-control-git
rm -rf /usr/share/tuxedo-backlight-control
unlink /usr/local/bin/backlight
unlink /usr/share/doc/tuxedo-backlight-control/copyright
unlink /usr/share/applications/tuxedo-backlight-control.desktop
unlink /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/webketje.tuxedo-backlight-control.policy
unlink /etc/bash_completion.d/backlight