RGB-Config-Acer-gkbbl-0-Plasma-Widget (Plasma 6)

A KDE plasma widget for controlling RGB settings of the Acer-WMI kernel module via the acer-gkbbl-0 character device (4 zone RGB keyboards)

Visit JafarAkhondali's project page for information on the required kernel module

For a non-KDE solution and additional functionality check out my other project

⚠ This version of the widget is for Plasma 6, please use the previous version if you are running Plasma 5.

Features

• Configure RGB settings of the Acer-WMI kernel module via the acer-gkbbl-0 character device
• Supports all available RGB modes (Static, Breath, Neon, Wave, Shifting and Zoom)

Restrictions

• Compatible Acer-WMI kernel module must be installed separately
• Compatibility depends on the specific laptop model and its compatibility with the kernel module

Installation

⚠ Make sure you have the acer-gkbbl-0 RGB device available before you proceed with the installation of this application, otherwise it will have no effect. Visit JafarAkhondali's project page for more information on the required kernel module.

RGB-Config-Acer-gkbbl-0-Plasma-Widget uses Python to communicate with the acer-gkbbl-0 RGB device. Python3 must be available for this Widget to work.

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Manual install (GUI)

I have not yet uploaded the widget to the KDE store, I plan on doing so once the widget has been tested for a while.

To manually install the widget download the .plasmoid file from the releases page and open it through the KDE widget manager.

Open the KDE widget manager

Select "Install Widget From Local File"

Navigate to the previously downloaded .plasmoid file and double click the file name

The widget should now display in your system tray

From here out you can either use the widget via the system tray or use the KDE widget manager to place the widget on your desktop, taskbar or wherever you like.

You can disable the widget via the KDE system tray configuration if you don't want it in your system tray.

Manual install (Command line)

Use the following command to install the widget via command line

plasmapkg2 -i RGB-Config-Acer-<VERSION>.plasmoid

Manual update

KDE Plasma can be somewhat finicky when it comes to manually updating plasma widgets, at least in my experience.

I usually update the widget via the command line and afterwards restart the plasma shell. This way I don't have to deal with the process in the widget manager.

plasmapkg2 -u RGB-Config-Acer-<VERSION>.plasmoid
nohup plasmashell --replace &

Configuration

As usual right clicking the widget brings up an option to open the widget configuration. Thus far three options are available.

Show header

Display a label at the top of the widget displaying the widget name.

Apply last settings on startup

Automatically apply the last used RGB settings when the widget is started. This way the RGB settings are automatically restored when you log into KDE Plasma.

Known bug: Currently not functional when the widget is placed in the system tray.

Tray icon color

I've not yet figured out how to integrate the icon color with the active color theme. For now this option allows you to adjust the icon color manually.