Hello, I’m trying to make OpenRGV work on my ASUS TUF F15 and tried some suggestions from this [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenRGB/comments/y5uqwb/cant_get_openrgb_to_work_on_my_laptop/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 but it didn’t work. I have installed OpenRGV with ppa:thopiekar/openrgb repository.
Does it work when you load them via modprobe?
Here is the result (sorry, I’m a low-level Ubuntu knowledge user 🥴) :
$ sudo modprobe openrgb modprobe: FATAL: Module openrgb not found in directory /lib/modules/6.2.0-26-genericOpenrgb isn’t a kernel module. You should be loading i2c-dev, with
modprobe i2c-devOK. I have tried
modprobe i2c-devbut it does nothing.If you mean there is no return in the terminal, this is normal. I know, it is counterintuitive, but it is like that. No return => module loaded
You also need to load the i2c driver for your motherboard. i2c-dev is the framework for accessing i2c from userspace but does not provide the actual hardware interface. This is provided by another module. For Intel boards, this is i2c-i801. For AMD, this is i2c-piix4.
It doesn’t hurt to load both.
sudo modprobe i2c-piix4
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
Good to know. Strangely enough i2c-dev seem to be enough to detect my RAM, without loading i2c-piix4 (Asus Dark Hero). Those were the only devices not detected without i2c.
It’s possible that i2c-piix4 is already being loaded for some reason or that the driver is compiled into your kernel rather than as a module. Kernel configurations vary across distros. Glad it’s working either way!
OK! 👍 Thank you for explanations. But even if it is loaded, OpenRGB still says that it is not.
Got Discord? I’m not the dev, but I’ll try to help you if I can.
Yes. Where can I join you?
On the OpenRGB Discord community, in the only voice channel available.