Is there a way to turn off the lights on the front of my laptop? My laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232753R. I am currently running a dual-boot of KDE Fedora and Windows 10.
If there is no way to turn it off in the BIOS can I can unplug the cord running to it? Here is a picture of it:
Best Answer
On Linux check this directory.
If there are subdirectories, look inside for a file called
trigger
Reading thetrigger
file will list the available LED control parameters, with the current one surrounded by brackets.To change the trigger parameter, just write the name of the parameter to the
trigger
file.Another file,
brightness
can be used to disable to LED as well. Writing0
tobrightness
will shut off the LED that that particular subdirectory controls.To disable all controllable LEDs as a test, you can try:
If you cannot control the LEDs this way, unplugging the board may be the only way.