Posting this for anyone who lands here via search. Couldn't find any confirmation that this model worked before trying it myself (with the help of Claude!).
Model: Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41-5148
OS: Linux Mint (Ubuntu Noble 24.04 base), kernel 6.8.0-101-generic
Status: ✅ Fully working
Notes:
Secure Boot was disabled — no module signing required
Compiled cleanly with only harmless warnings
All four keyboard zones respond correctly
Static colour mode working with -m 0 -z [1-4]
Breath effect also confirmed working
Install process: Standard install.sh — no modifications needed
Update: Persistence across reboots requires proper DKMS installation. The install.sh script loads the module for the current session only — it does not register it with DKMS automatically.
After running install.sh, execute the following to make it persistent:
bashsudo dkms build facer/0.20241016-1bP
sudo dkms install facer/0.20241016-1bP
Also required — a udev rule to make the device node writable without sudo:
bashecho 'KERNEL=="acer-gkbbl-static-0", MODE="0666"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-acer-gkbbl.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger
Once both are in place, modprobe facer works correctly and the module survives reboots. A startup script via Cinnamon's Startup Applications (with a ~10 second delay to allow the module to initialise) handles colour persistence at login.
Note: there is a brief hardware-default amber flash at boot before the startup script fires. This is expected behaviour, not an error.
Posting this for anyone who lands here via search. Couldn't find any confirmation that this model worked before trying it myself (with the help of Claude!).
Model: Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41-5148
OS: Linux Mint (Ubuntu Noble 24.04 base), kernel 6.8.0-101-generic
Status: ✅ Fully working
Notes:
Secure Boot was disabled — no module signing required
Compiled cleanly with only harmless warnings
All four keyboard zones respond correctly
Static colour mode working with -m 0 -z [1-4]
Breath effect also confirmed working
Install process: Standard install.sh — no modifications needed
Update: Persistence across reboots requires proper DKMS installation. The install.sh script loads the module for the current session only — it does not register it with DKMS automatically.
After running install.sh, execute the following to make it persistent:
bashsudo dkms build facer/0.20241016-1bP
sudo dkms install facer/0.20241016-1bP
Also required — a udev rule to make the device node writable without sudo:
bashecho 'KERNEL=="acer-gkbbl-static-0", MODE="0666"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-acer-gkbbl.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger
Once both are in place, modprobe facer works correctly and the module survives reboots. A startup script via Cinnamon's Startup Applications (with a ~10 second delay to allow the module to initialise) handles colour persistence at login.
Note: there is a brief hardware-default amber flash at boot before the startup script fires. This is expected behaviour, not an error.