The Slimbook RGB Keyboard crashed on start; I was able to get it running with some fixes to the Python code, but keyboard ignores changes made on the app. Using F6 and F7 to change brightness works, and color is always blue. Manjaro 6.12.64 / KDE / wayland.
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CREA15-A8-RTX
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Good morning,
Please show the original trace prior to your changes to see where it crashed
The manjaro repositories are not managed by us, but rather Manjaro maintainers themselves, so it's not as updated as our repositories
If you do wish to have the latest updates you can include our Arch repository to pacman and get them from there
Regards,
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Hello Samanta,
The original error trace was:
Slimbook CREATIVE detected
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/slimbookrgbkeyboard", line 21, in <module>
slimbookrgbkeyboard.main()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/slimbookrgbkeyboard/src/slimbookrgbkeyboard.py", line 171, in main
win = SlimbookRGBKeyboard()
File "/usr/share/slimbookrgbkeyboard/src/slimbookrgbkeyboard.py", line 66, in __init__
self.load_main_grid(win_grid)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/slimbookrgbkeyboard/src/slimbookrgbkeyboard.py", line 115, in load_main_grid
win_grid.attach(libslimbook_backlight.Grid(), 0, 1, 5, 5)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/slimbookrgbkeyboard/src/libslimbook_backlight.py", line 26, in __init__
self.read_backlight()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/slimbookrgbkeyboard/src/libslimbook_backlight.py", line 172, in read_backlight
color = int(output,16)
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: "/usr/include/c++/15.2.1/bits/stl_vector.h:1263: std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reference std::vector<_Tp,
_Alloc>::operator[](size_type) [with _Tp = std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char> >; reference =
std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>&; size_type = long unsigned int]: Assertion '__n < this->size()' failed."
As for the repository, I've followed the steps detailed in https://slimbook.com/en/blog/guides-2/post/add-the-slimbook-repositories-on-linux-71, but no updates are available on the repository.
As for the repository, I've followed the steps detailed in https://slimbook.com/en/blog/guides-2/post/add-the-slimbook-repositories-on-linux-71, but no updates are available on the repository.
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Good morning, DaveNascimento
Make sure you have the QC71 driver installed/loaded, as this is needed for the application to work properly
You can check with `slimbookctl info` if the module is loaded. If the module is not loaded, you either have Secure Boot on(as this kernel driver isn't signed so it can't load with Secure Boot), or you're missing it
Regards,
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Hi Samanta,
Sorry, for the late reply.
The QC71 driver is installed and loaded:
- lsmod shows qc71_laptop
- kernel log: qc71_laptop_module_init: module loaded
- module path: /lib/modules/6.12.64-1-MANJARO/updates/dkms/qc71_laptop.ko.zst
So the module is present; the issue seems to be elsewhere (possibly the RGB app relying on /sys/class/leds/rgb:kbd_backlight/multi_intensity, which isn’t created on the system).
I was able to trigger the keyboard backlight using a shell function, with single-zone, static colors only:
function kbcustom {
local max=200
local r=$(( $1 > max ? max : $1 ))
local g=$(( $2 > max ? max : $2 ))
local b=$(( $3 > max ? max : $3 ))
printf "%d\n" "$r" | /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/tee /sys/devices/platform/qc71_laptop/kbd_backlight_rgb_red >/dev/null 2>&1
printf "%d\n" "$g" | /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/tee /sys/devices/platform/qc71_laptop/kbd_backlight_rgb_green >/dev/null 2>&1
printf "%d\n" "$b" | /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/tee /sys/devices/platform/qc71_laptop/kbd_backlight_rgb_blue >/dev/null 2>&1
}
Some more info about dependency versions:
- slimbookctl comes from libslimbook → libslimbook 1.20.0-1
- RGB app package: slimbook-rgb-keyboard 0.6.0-1
- Python bindings used by the app: python-slimbook 1.20.0-1
Am I missing something?
Thank you for all the help!
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Good morning, DaveNascimento
The QC driver is in charge of exposing rgb:* to the system, the RGB system was revamped in versions 1.01 of the QC71 module
As mentioned, MANJARO maintains the packages for their distro, you might be in an older QC71 driver version which still exposes the old path
Check your package version, and if you are in an old version, you might need to either wait for the MANJARO package to be updated or install the version from our Arch repostiories, which is more up to date
Regards,