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

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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

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