acerctl 0.1.1

This pre-release adds RPM packages for Fedora 44: the daemon, CLI, tray and app installed in the system paths, plus an akmod that rebuilds the kernel modules for every new kernel. The features are the same as in 0.1.0, and the binary and source archives are still here.

There is no package repository yet, so these RPMs are installed from the downloaded files and do not update automatically.

Packages

Package	What it installs
acerctl	acerd (systemd service, D-Bus and polkit policies, Sense key hwdb entry) and the acerctl CLI
acerctl-tray	the tray and Sense key agent
nitro-control-center, predator-control-center, acer-control-center	the app with the branding of each product line; install only the one for your laptop
akmod-acerctl	acer-wmi-extras and acer-wmi-battery, built by akmods for each kernel and signed with the local akmods key when Secure Boot needs it
acerctl-kmod-common	loads acer-wmi-extras at boot

Installing on Fedora 44

Download the RPMs into one directory and pick the app of your product line. Nitro is shown here; use predator- or acer-control-center instead for other laptops:

sudo dnf install ./acerctl-0.1.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm ./acerctl-tray-0.1.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm \
  ./nitro-control-center-0.1.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm \
  ./akmod-acerctl-0.1.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm ./acerctl-kmod-common-0.1.1-1.fc44.noarch.rpm
sudo systemctl enable --now acerd

On Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite, run rpm-ostree install with the same files, reboot, and then run sudo systemctl enable --now acerd. With Secure Boot, akmods needs an enrolled signing key (kmodgenca and mokutil --import, as in the RPM Fusion Secure Boot guide). On an image-based system, akmods also needs the key in the image, which is what the akmods-keys package is for.

Nitro and Predator models also need acer_wmi loaded with predator_v4 for operating modes and fans (see the README).

Coming from the script install

The scripts installed to /usr/local and /etc, and a unit left in /etc/systemd/system overrides the packaged one. Remove the script install before installing the RPMs. Your settings in /var/lib/acerd are kept and the packages use them.

sudo sh packaging/install-gui.sh uninstall
sudo systemctl disable --now acerd.service acer-wmi-modules.service
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/acerd /usr/local/bin/acerctl /etc/systemd/system/acerd.service \
  /etc/systemd/system/acer-wmi-modules.service /etc/dbus-1/system.d/io.github.fnndk.Acerd1.conf \
  /usr/local/share/polkit-1/actions/io.github.fnndk.acerd.policy /etc/udev/hwdb.d/61-acerctl-keyboard.hwdb
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/acer-wmi-modules
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Other changes

• The minimum Go version is now 1.26, the one Fedora 44 ships.
• packaging/rpm/ holds the specs and .copr/Makefile is ready for a COPR repository.

Downloads

• RPMs for Fedora 44 (x86_64) and their SRPMs, listed above.
• acerctl-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: prebuilt binaries for other distributions, installed with scripts (see its INSTALL.md).
• acerctl-0.1.1.tar.gz: the source with vendored Go modules and the built frontend.
• SHA256SUMS