Asus Rog Keyboard Backlight Control

This tutorial will guide you through the steps necessary to configure the function keys F2, F3, and F4 to control the keyboard backlight on your ASUS ROG Strix with Arch Linux using asusctl and sxhkd.

Warning

If you are using Ubuntu or another Debian-based distribution with GNOME, do not follow this guide.
Instead, go to bash/README.md for the proper instructions for your system.

Requirements

• Arch Linux
• asusctl installed from AUR
• sxhkd configured and running
• Existing directory ~/.config/bspwm/sxhkdrc. If you do not have bspwm, failing that, know the configuration directory of sxhkd.

Installation

Step 1: Install asusctl from AUR

If you don't have yay installed, install it first:

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

Then, install asusctl:

yay -S asusctl

Step 2: Copy the script to change lighting modes to the appropriate directory

1. Create the directory ~/.local/bin if it doesn't exist:

   mkdir -p ~/.local/bin

2. Copy the file cycle_led_modes.sh:

   cp cycle_led_modes.sh ~/.local/bin/cycle_led_modes.sh

3. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x ~/.local/bin/cycle_led_modes.sh

Step 3: Run the Script to Append the Configurations

1. Move to the directory where the append_to_sxhkdrc.sh and sxhkdrc_appendfile is

2. Run the script to append the configurations to sxhkdrc:

   ./append_to_sxhkdrc.sh

   If your sxhkdrc file is in a different location, provide the path as an argument:

   ./append_to_sxhkdrc.sh /path/to/your/sxhkdrc

Included Files

• cycle_led_modes.sh: Script to cycle through keyboard lighting modes.
• sxhkdrc_append: Configurations to append to sxhkdrc.
• append_to_sxhkdrc.sh: Script to append the configurations to sxhkdrc.

Authors

• @ToroData

License

MIT