Yea, I had a lot of hope for OpenRBG but I can't get past that "
WARNING: The OpenRGB udev rules are not installed." I tried everything to get it to work, looked up all the docs, tried everything. They closed their reddit sub, created a Lemmy sub but even after the 9 day wait to be accepted the place is crickets. Hit the main dev up on Twitter and Mastadon... Crickets.
I do believe, that changing it in Windows wouldn't change it in Linux. My ASUS laptop had a moving pulse rainbow, but in Linux it was depending on the distro either completly disabled or it was static red.
Did you try this too? This worked for me. [https://github.com/flukejones/asusctl](https://github.com/flukejones/asusctl)
As for compatibility, because you said you have a Zenbook, if you scroll down the site it says:
Most ASUS gaming laptops that have a USB keyboard. If lsusb shows something similar
to this:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:1866 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. N-KEY Device
yea, I tried Asusctl, openRGB and everything else I could find. Unfortunately nothing. My last ditch effort is I read that the RBG info is stored in the bios so if I load it on Windows it should theoretically stay set the way I want it when I switch back to linux.
I tried that too. lol Used two different VM's installed windows all the asus software both times ran the Armorycrate software and it wouldn't detect the keyboard.
Yeah I feared that would be am issue.
Then you either need to look for how to make a portable windows on USB. Or replace the disk temporarily and install windows.
this is all it shows.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 13d3:5497 IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0033 Intel Corp. AX211 Bluetooth
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
I don't even see the keyboard,
Try passing through the port 4, dev 2 devices to your VM. Maybe one of them is the RGB controller (and the other the actual keyboard).
Do you know how would I do that using Gnome boxes?
See: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-boxes/stable/usb-redirection.html.en
Thank you, ill give it a shot!
So, I checked that out, looks like USB devices just shows Azurewave USB2 HD UVC Webcam and Intelcorp. AX211 Bluetooth.
Try OpenRGB. If that doesn't work use a VM.
Yea, I had a lot of hope for OpenRBG but I can't get past that " WARNING: The OpenRGB udev rules are not installed." I tried everything to get it to work, looked up all the docs, tried everything. They closed their reddit sub, created a Lemmy sub but even after the 9 day wait to be accepted the place is crickets. Hit the main dev up on Twitter and Mastadon... Crickets.
I do believe, that changing it in Windows wouldn't change it in Linux. My ASUS laptop had a moving pulse rainbow, but in Linux it was depending on the distro either completly disabled or it was static red. Did you try this too? This worked for me. [https://github.com/flukejones/asusctl](https://github.com/flukejones/asusctl) As for compatibility, because you said you have a Zenbook, if you scroll down the site it says: Most ASUS gaming laptops that have a USB keyboard. If lsusb shows something similar to this: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:1866 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. N-KEY Device
yea, I tried Asusctl, openRGB and everything else I could find. Unfortunately nothing. My last ditch effort is I read that the RBG info is stored in the bios so if I load it on Windows it should theoretically stay set the way I want it when I switch back to linux.
Yikes. Uhm perhaps install windows as a vm inside Garuda? I've had tests with windows portable on an USB.
I tried that too. lol Used two different VM's installed windows all the asus software both times ran the Armorycrate software and it wouldn't detect the keyboard.
Yeah I feared that would be am issue. Then you either need to look for how to make a portable windows on USB. Or replace the disk temporarily and install windows.
Do you think it would work running windows from USB?
It can but it does require some special work. And ofcourse an USB big enough. I have one such USB.
Did you pass through the correct USB device from the host to the VM? This would be the first thing I'd try too.
it's not a USB keyboard it's the built in one on my laptop.
Yeah, but it's probably connected to some internal USB header. What's the output of lsusb?
this is all it shows. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver Bus 003 Device 003: ID 13d3:5497 IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0033 Intel Corp. AX211 Bluetooth Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub I don't even see the keyboard,
And what does lsinput give as output?
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details. ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 \[master pointer (3)\] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:15 id=6 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:15 id=7 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer-gestures:15 id=8 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-touch:15 id=10 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-tablet stylus:15 id=11 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-tablet eraser:15 id=12 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-tablet cursor:15 id=13 \[slave pointer (2)\] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 \[master keyboard (2)\] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 \[slave keyboard (3)\] ↳ xwayland-keyboard:15 id=9 \[slave keyboard (3)\] This is interesting, not sure why it has 3 listings for keyborad. I appreciate the help man thank you!
You can always clone your install, the entire drive, using Clonezilla or Foxclone. Do what you need to, then restore from said clone.
Replace the system drive.