Toggle off keyboard backlight when have not typed since a given period of time

[Benjamin-Loison]

Related to #31.

[Benjamin-Loison]

DuckDuckGo and Google search Framework Linux disable keyboard backlit after a period of keyboard inactivity should be investigated like https://community.frame.work/t/keylightc-a-new-linux-keyboard-backlight-timeout-daemon-for-framework-13/58927.

[Benjamin-Loison]

it does require functionality introduced in Linux 6.11 in order to work

uname -r

6.8.0-87-generic

on my Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon Framework 13.

[Benjamin-Loison]

mamarley/keylightc/blob/6336fee6010dcab64a22a43e6866fd190cf8d51c/README.md?plain=1#L37 specifies the same requirement.

[Benjamin-Loison]

jonas-schievink/keylightd has 52 stars and last commit was 2 years ago.

This project does not accept contributions. It is finished and does what I want of it.

Source: jonas-schievink/keylightd/blob/933a4cf851009d4a8c1b4ce7725556d69d4b82db/README.md#contributing

It does not mention any kernel version dependency.

It also does not have any hard dependencies on a desktop environment or display server.

Note that keylightd needs to be run as root, since it accesses the Embedded Controller to control the keyboard backlight.

[Benjamin-Loison]

keylightd appears to be unmaintained