smbios-keyboard-ctl(1)

smbios-keyboard-ctl1

../src/bin/smbios-keyboard-ctl

Usage

smbios-keyboard-ctl

Options

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-i, --info

This will Display the Supported Features for Keyboard illumination

-g, --get-status

This will Display the current Status of Keyboard Illumination Settings

--set-mode

Option to set USER Selectable Keyboard Mode

--set-trigger

Option to set Trigger types for Keyboard Illumination

--set-timeout-battery=SET_TIMEOUT_BATTERY

Set Keyboard Illumination Timeout Value (battery)

--set-timeout-ac=SET_TIMEOUT_AC

Set Keyboard Illumination Timeout Value (ac)

--set-level=SET_LEVEL

Set Keyboard Illumination Level

--als=ALS_OPTION

Set/Get ALS (Ambient Light Sensor Status and Control Level)

-v, --verbose

Display more verbose output.

-q, --quiet

Minimize program output. Only errors and warnings are displayed.

--trace

Enable verbose function tracing.

--logconfig=LOGCONFIG

Specify alternate config log.

--security-key=SECURITY_KEY

BIOS pre-calculated security key.

--password=PASSWORD

BIOS Setup password for set/activate operations.

-r, --rawpassword

Do not auto-convert password to scancodes.

--memory-dat=MEMORY_DAT

Path to a memory dump file to use instead of real RAM

--cmos-dat=CMOS_DAT

Path to a CMOS dump file to use instead of real CMOS

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11–12
  3. Arch

From libsmbios 2.4.3-9 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.