I purchased an aspire laptop yesterday and installed linux mint on it. The main reason for selecting this laptop was its backlit keyboard.
The backlight works when I am booting or using windows, but is always off under linux.
brightnessctrl does not list keyboard as a device
brightnessctl -l ─╯
Available devices:
Device 'amdgpu_bl1' of class 'backlight':
Current brightness: 53 (21%)
Max brightness: 255
Device 'enp2s0-0::lan' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 255
Device 'input3::numlock' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 1 (100%)
Max brightness: 1
Device 'enp2s0-2::lan' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 255
Device 'input3::capslock' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 1
Device 'enp2s0-1::lan' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 255
Device 'input3::scrolllock' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 1
Device 'mmc0::' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 255
How do I enable the backlight?