ClevoFX-Keyboard-Linux

Changes Clevo (Sager) Laptop's Keyboard Backlit LED colour based on the current open app.

Works best with i3wm (use the i3wm branch).

Requires

1. Driver from https://bitbucket.org/tuxedocomputers/clevo-xsm-wmi
2. xmlstarlet
3. i3ipc (from pip)

Instructions

1. Do groupadd --system clevo_backlight (use sudo for permission problems)
2. Do usermod --append --groups clevo_backlight $USER (again sudo for perms).
3. Copy the contents of setclevopermissions.service to /etc/systemd/system/setclevopermissions.service
4. Do systemctl enable setclevopermissions
5. Add change_kb_color.py to i3 startup by adding exec /path/to/change_kb_color.py to ~/.config/i3/config
6. Copy the folder clevo_fx to ~/.config/
7. Modify ~/.config/clevo_fx/apps.xml to suit your needs (use xprop and click on window, the second WM_CLASS(STRING) property is to be used.

Check it live in action below: