Puppy on MacBook: Keyboard backlight not working

[n-at-han-k]

Just an update for EasyOS users...
I'm using Macbook Air 2017, and keyboard light doesn't work.

Bash seems to be configured with "noclobber" set. So when trying to write to

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/sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness

it gives the error "cannot overwrite existing file".

My working script is as follows.

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#!/bin/bash

set +o noclobber
modprobe applesmc
echo 10 > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
set -o noclobber

Place this in

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/root/Startup

with the filename

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keyboard_backlight

and then run

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chmod +x /root/Startup/keyboard_backlight

[eric52]

Hey thanks, n-at-han-k. I actually prefer Macs for puppy, etc., because they have high perceived value, and people are more likely to take them home. I've never actually used Mac software, and I didn't know there was supposed to be a keyboard backlight. That's definitely a value-added feature for most folks. I'll give your script a try. It figures only have iMacs at the moment.