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Sorry for the late reply mjtarch, I have a lot to do these times and I don't use my clevo laptop much.

The upstream project is abandonned as stated on the bitbucket page (https://bitbucket.org/tuxedocomputers/clevo-xsm-wmi -> https://bitbucket.org/tuxedocomputers/clevo-xsm-wmi/issues/44/the-status-and-the-future-of-tuxedo-clevo -> https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard).

If the replacement project don't support your hardware, you can still create a patch file for clevo-xsm-wmi.c using the diff command or git, then apply your patch as I did for P950ER in your modified PKGBUILD. Then you build the package using makepkg and install it with pacman -U.

I didn't have any feedbacks from users of the new modules, maybe is there no reason to continue this PKGBUILD?

Hi mrozanc, Your efforts are very much appreciated. I have downloaded your version and followed the steps outlined in the link you provided. Still no luck i'm afraid. The steps are easy to follow but I just don't have control of the lights at the end. I can't think what, but I must be doing something wrong - missing some step. I wonder if i'd fare any better if that change was made into a full release AUR package - say version clevo-xsm-wmi-dkms 1.1-8 and then I could install in the usual manner? Like I said, all steps seem to go as expected until the last - when I try to adjust the values in the device interface files to control such as brighness/colour/etc, I get an error :

[vel-uk-026 /]# echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/clevo_xsm_wmi/kb_state && echo blue yellow red > /sys/devices/platform/clevo_xsm_wmi/kb_color -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

Thank you

According to this topic it should work: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/successful-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-installation-on-optimus-ix-15-6.59573/. Just to be sure can you verify you get the same outputs as reported on this topic?

I've compiled a version with the patch here you can test if it works: https://rozanc.cloud/s/R9WZnAerKDaB7ye

Hi mrozanc I was assuming my attempts had been incorrect. It seemed right, but by virtue of the fact the keyboard lights still couldn't be configured where other user's can - I figured i'd done something wrong :/

Hello mjtarch, I don't understand, if your patch doesn't work. Why would it work if I patch the package?

I'd integrate if it worked but I don't want to have to maintain the module and support has been dropped by upstream...

Still have had no luck getting this working. It's an annoyance only - the laptop is pretty good, but would be great if I had some control over the keyboard backlight.

Is there any chance you could release a new version 1.1-8 with support for my model?

{
    .ident = "Clevo N8xEJEK",
            .matches = {
                DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N8xEJEK"),
            },
            .callback = clevo_xsm_dmi_matched,
            .driver_data = &kb_full_color_with_extra_ops,
},

I tried doing a patch for N8xEJEK - still nothing. Thanks

Does it support linux-zen kernel? So that I can uninstall linux stock kernel headers.

Thanks for the reply @mrozanc I'm new to Manjaro/Arch so just need to figure out how to create the local package and patch. Thanks again

Sorry for the late reply mjtarch, I have a lot to do these times and I don't use my clevo laptop much.

The upstream project is abandonned as stated on the bitbucket page (https://bitbucket.org/tuxedocomputers/clevo-xsm-wmi -> https://bitbucket.org/tuxedocomputers/clevo-xsm-wmi/issues/44/the-status-and-the-future-of-tuxedo-clevo -> https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard).

If the replacement project don't support your hardware, you can still create a patch file for clevo-xsm-wmi.c using the diff command or git, then apply your patch as I did for P950ER in your modified PKGBUILD. Then you build the package using makepkg and install it with pacman -U.

I didn't have any feedbacks from users of the new modules, maybe is there no reason to continue this PKGBUILD?

Hi I haven't quite figured out how to create local packages and apply my own patch. Can you add support for my clevo model?

{
    .ident = "Clevo N8xEJEK",
            .matches = {
                DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N8xEJEK"),
            },
            .callback = clevo_xsm_dmi_matched,
            .driver_data = &kb_full_color_with_extra_ops,
},

Or maybe tell me how to go about doing it myself? I'm running on manjaro, and have used pamac for the current install.

Thanks

For the manjaro laptop "Full Red Metal Jacket", I had to also patch the dmi code to recognize my model. The model is "N150ZU".

The patch is easy. I just added 8 lines with my model to the actual patch and adjusted the patch range from 14 to 22 (on first lines)