# Keyboard backlight

## Asus

The keyboard backlight file is usually locked out from editing. To unlock this file at bootup, you will need to create a systemd service.

    /usr/lib/systemd/system/asus-kbd-backlight.service

    [Unit]
    Description=Asus Keyboard Backlight
    Wants=systemd-backlight@leds:asus::kbd_backlight.service
    After=systemd-backlight@leds:asus::kbd_backlight.service

    [Service]
    Type=oneshot
    RemainAfterExit=yes
    ExecStart=/bin/chmod 666 /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

You are now able to use a keyboard backlight changer script. For an example, see ASUS G55VW#keyboard backlight script.

Category:

- Keyboards