Brightness keys quit working after laptop is on for hours. [Solved]

[AllanP]

I don't use or are familiar with MATE but take a look at this thread.

I don't believe MX Linux offers a MATE option. So either this thread is about a respin or it's just someone hacking around. Probably doesn't belong in the "Actively Developed and Supported" section of the forums, because it's not.

MX Package has Mate in it to install

[AllanP]

@AllanP Lets try a regular xfce Live USB and see if this is still an issue.

And is this a respin that you have loaded?

Didn't have to use a live usb; just logged out and in to xfce and lo and behold keyboard brightness works. I just prefer Mate. At least I know that the problem is Mate oriented. Thanks for the suggestion.

[siamhie]

just logged out and in to xfce and lo and behold keyboard brightness works. I just prefer Mate.

Take a look at the link I posted in #4. It might solve the problem with MATE.

[CharlesV]

Didn't have to use a live usb; just logged out and in to xfce and lo and behold keyboard brightness works. I just prefer Mate. At least I know that the problem is Mate oriented. Thanks for the suggestion.

Excellent.. making headway :-)