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pelrun / hp-omen-linux-module

Control the HP Omen keyboard lighting and performance settings in Linux
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Omen 15 2020 support #4

Closed hockeymikey closed 3 years ago

hockeymikey commented 3 years ago

What's the status on the new Omen models? Some codes for them are the 15-en0029nr and the 15-en0036nr.

hockeymikey commented 3 years ago

Confirmed working with current code.

piramiday commented 3 years ago

hey @hockeymikey, are you able to provide some instructions?

hockeymikey commented 3 years ago

@piramiday cd into the module folder and run:


xz -f hp-wmi.ko

sudo cp /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko.xz      /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko.xz.original

sudo cp hp-wmi.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko.xz

reboot Changing colors

echo 'FFFFFF' > /sys/devices/platform/hp-wmi/rgb_zones/zone0X

piramiday commented 3 years ago

thanks for the reply. I have a distro based on Ubuntu 20.04, for which the hp-wmi file seems to be here, instead of /usr/lib:

/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko

backing the file up and moving the new copy over is trivial.

instead I'd appreciate some more background on the compilation phase. this is what I got from your reply. first:

git clone https://github.com/pelrun/hp-omen-linux-module.git
cd hp-omen-linux-module/module

and then

make

but I'm not sure what to do about this last make command. will this put files anywhere? will it put compiled modules under /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build, which is the KDIR variable in the Makefile? or will it just generate a new hp-wmi.ko module in the current folder? I'd like to fully understand the implications before executing the command.

finally, what is the xz invocation for? is the compression needed? thanks!

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hockeymikey commented 3 years ago

hp-wmi.ko module in the current folder

Just execute it, it does that. Compression was needed for my hp-wmi.ko since it was hp-wmi.ko.xz but I am on Arch.