Fedora 29, same thing. Doesn't start in graphic mode. The only version that seems to work is Linux Mint 19 at the moment. I've added an output of inxi:
System: Host: GM501GM Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara Machine: Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Zephyrus M GM501GM v: 1.0 serial: N/A Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GM501GM v: 1.0 serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends v: GM501GM.306 date: 07/31/2018 Battery BAT0: charge: 54.4 Wh 100.1% condition: 54.4/55.0 Wh (99%) CPU: 6 core Intel Core i7-8750H (-MT-MCP-) cache: 9216 KB clock speeds: max: 4100 MHz 1: 1558 MHz 2: 2000 MHz 3: 1933 MHz 4: 2003 MHz 5: 1683 MHz 6: 1383 MHz 7: 2001 MHz 8: 2000 MHz 9: 1955 MHz 10: 1340 MHz 11: 2000 MHz 12: 1249 MHz Graphics: Card-1: Intel Device 3e9b Card-2: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: modesetting,nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1080@144.03hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87 Audio: Card Intel Device a348 driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: k4.15.0-20-generic Network: Card: Intel Device a370 driver: iwlwifi IF: wlo1 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> Drives: HDD Total Size: 756.2GB (27.2% used) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: SAMSUNG_MZVPW256HEGL size: 256.1GB ID-2: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_860 size: 500.1GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 210G used: 8.1G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-2: swap-1 size: 25.52GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 41C Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 304 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 754.7/15890.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802652 Title: keyboard backlight not working on Asus GM501 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The keyboard lights and most of the F keys aren't working. Kernel = 4.15.0-20-generic System linux mint 19 ls -hal /sys/class/leds/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 . drwxr-xr-x 72 root root 0 Nov 10 15:43 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:43 asus::lightbar -> ../../devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus::lightbar lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 asus-wireless::airplane -> ../../devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/ATK4002:00/leds/asus-wireless::airplane lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input4::capslock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/input4::capslock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input4::numlock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/input4::numlock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input4::scrolllock -> ../../devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/input4::scrolllock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input7::capslock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.0/0003:0B05:1866.0001/input/input7/input7::capslock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input7::compose -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.0/0003:0B05:1866.0001/input/input7/input7::compose lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input7::kana -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.0/0003:0B05:1866.0001/input/input7/input7::kana lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input7::numlock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.0/0003:0B05:1866.0001/input/input7/input7::numlock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input7::scrolllock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.0/0003:0B05:1866.0001/input/input7/input7::scrolllock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input8::capslock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.1/0003:0B05:1866.0002/input/input8/input8::capslock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input8::compose -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.1/0003:0B05:1866.0002/input/input8/input8::compose lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input8::kana -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.1/0003:0B05:1866.0002/input/input8/input8::kana lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input8::numlock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.1/0003:0B05:1866.0002/input/input8/input8::numlock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 input8::scrolllock -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10/1-10:1.1/0003:0B05:1866.0002/input/input8/input8::scrolllock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 15:47 phy0-led -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.3/leds/phy0-led To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1802652/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp