Bug 514396 - Can't decrease brightness after adjusting keyboard backlight.
Summary: Can't decrease brightness after adjusting keyboard backlight.
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Brightness and Color widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-10 00:21 UTC by muratozclik
Modified: 2026-01-12 16:50 UTC (History)
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Description muratozclik 2026-01-10 00:21:18 UTC 
I can't decrease my screen brightness by using the keyboard shortcut (Fn + Left arrow) after I adjust the keyboard backlight using Fn + F9 or Fn + F10. It happened on every distro I used with KDE Plasma. My laptop is Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58, and has NVIDIA RTX 3050 Mobile.
Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-12 16:50:51 UTC 
Thanks for filing this bug report. Unfortunately there isn't enough information for us to try to figure out what's happening. Please add information about your system as requested in the bug report template. Copy and paste this with the information into a new comment.

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