Dell E6400 ATG backlit keyboard only works with some distros
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The recent 6.1 version of Mageia works fine with the backlit keyboard and all features of this laptop.
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Works with Linux Lite 4.2 but the interval on the light gets off at times but it works well enough
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Rosa with recent updates no longer works so i went back to Mint 19 Cinnamon as it works great and is also compatible with my E series dock.
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Mint 19 Cinnamon seems to be working fine and so far has been the best choice for supporting the backlit keyboard.
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I was hoping the E6420 wouldnt have the same issues with its backlit keyboard but it does.
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Not overly surprising. The E6400/10/20/30 are all basically chipset upgrades of each other. The underlying hardware didn't change a lot, even though the design did for the E6420. The biggest change was that the Exx30 had native USB 3.0, other than that and the core chipset changes to support the newer processors, those laptops are more identical than different.
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With recent updates the backlight is working with Rosa again.
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Netrunner 19.01 works very well with the backlit keyboards on both the E6400 and E6420. In fact there isnt any time limit as the keyboard maintains the backlight for as long as I need. Its the best implementation ive used so far.
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Zorin 15 works with the E6400 and the E6420.
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KDE Neon 2019627 works fine.
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