Keyboard backlight not working - Sony SVT15115CXS (18.04.1 LTS)
I have tried many things to get the keyboard backlight working on my laptop, to no avail.
lsmod shows the sony-laptop module. When I get modinfo for sony-laptop, I see parameters kbd_backlight & kbd_backlight_timeout.
I've tried sudo modprobe -v sony-laptop kbd_backlight=1, which I saw as an answer somewhere else, but that did not work.
Note, the backlight works during boot, but turns off once Ubuntu loads.
I would forever be grateful for a solution; I'm in the dark at the moment.
EDIT: I tried sudo cat on the sony-laptop.ko file and it returned (among other things) no backlight keyboard found. I'm thinking it can't find the backlight on my keyboard--not sure why.
keyboard backlight vaio sony
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I have tried many things to get the keyboard backlight working on my laptop, to no avail.
lsmod shows the sony-laptop module. When I get modinfo for sony-laptop, I see parameters kbd_backlight & kbd_backlight_timeout.
I've tried sudo modprobe -v sony-laptop kbd_backlight=1, which I saw as an answer somewhere else, but that did not work.
Note, the backlight works during boot, but turns off once Ubuntu loads.
I would forever be grateful for a solution; I'm in the dark at the moment.
EDIT: I tried sudo cat on the sony-laptop.ko file and it returned (among other things) no backlight keyboard found. I'm thinking it can't find the backlight on my keyboard--not sure why.
keyboard backlight vaio sony
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
2
Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49
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I have tried many things to get the keyboard backlight working on my laptop, to no avail.
lsmod shows the sony-laptop module. When I get modinfo for sony-laptop, I see parameters kbd_backlight & kbd_backlight_timeout.
I've tried sudo modprobe -v sony-laptop kbd_backlight=1, which I saw as an answer somewhere else, but that did not work.
Note, the backlight works during boot, but turns off once Ubuntu loads.
I would forever be grateful for a solution; I'm in the dark at the moment.
EDIT: I tried sudo cat on the sony-laptop.ko file and it returned (among other things) no backlight keyboard found. I'm thinking it can't find the backlight on my keyboard--not sure why.
keyboard backlight vaio sony
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
I have tried many things to get the keyboard backlight working on my laptop, to no avail.
lsmod shows the sony-laptop module. When I get modinfo for sony-laptop, I see parameters kbd_backlight & kbd_backlight_timeout.
I've tried sudo modprobe -v sony-laptop kbd_backlight=1, which I saw as an answer somewhere else, but that did not work.
Note, the backlight works during boot, but turns off once Ubuntu loads.
I would forever be grateful for a solution; I'm in the dark at the moment.
EDIT: I tried sudo cat on the sony-laptop.ko file and it returned (among other things) no backlight keyboard found. I'm thinking it can't find the backlight on my keyboard--not sure why.
keyboard backlight vaio sony
keyboard backlight vaio sony
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
edited Dec 15 at 17:49
Zanna
50k13131238
50k13131238
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
asked Aug 25 at 0:25
azb8496
114
114
Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
2
Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49
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Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
2
Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49
Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
2
2
Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49
Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49
add a comment |
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Having the same issue on Gen3 Thinkpad X1 Carbon running 18 LTS.
– jerome
Sep 14 at 19:30
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Possible duplicate of How can I enable keyboard backlight on sony vaio pro with ubuntu 13.10
– Fabby
Dec 15 at 16:49