https://github.com/lakinduakash/asus-screenpad-control

This repository contains a GUI utility for the brightness control on secondary screens ("ScreenPad Plus") on ASUS Zenbook Duo notebooks. This also includes the asus-wmi kernel module.
https://github.com/lakinduakash/asus-screenpad-control

asus asus-wmi display-brightness hacktoberfest kernel-module screenpad zenbook

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This repository contains a GUI utility for the brightness control on secondary screens ("ScreenPad Plus") on ASUS Zenbook Duo notebooks. This also includes the asus-wmi kernel module.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lakinduakash/asus-screenpad-control
• Owner: lakinduakash
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-10-06T18:56:14.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-17T07:38:31.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-02T09:38:41.506Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: asus, asus-wmi, display-brightness, hacktoberfest, kernel-module, screenpad, zenbook
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 206 KB
• Stars: 36
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# ASUS Screenpad Control

This repository contains a version of the asus-wmi module with support for brightness control on secondary screens ("ScreenPad Plus") on ASUS Zenbook Duo notebooks. It also adds a few keys from the Zenbook Duo keyboard (Camera, /A, screen switch, toggle ScreenPad) so they can be mapped in your desktop environment. Credit goes to https://github.com/Plippo/asus-wmi-screenpad

Additinaly this provides a simple GUI application to control bightness with a slider.

![screenshot](docs/screenshot1.png)

## Build and Install

1. First you need to build the install the kernal module. For that please [read here](https://github.com/lakinduakash/asus-screenpad-control/blob/main/asus-wmi-screenpad/README.md)

2. Build gui application

  **Dependencies**

* gcc

* build-essential

* pkg-config

* gtk

* libgtk-3-dev

On Ubuntu or debian install dependencies by,

```bash

sudo apt install -y libgtk-3-dev build-essential gcc pkg-config make

```

Then build and install by executing following commands.

**Note:** `sudo make install` will install a init script and place binaries and desktop files under system directories. You can uninstall all of them by executing

`sudo make uninstall`

    # If you did't clone the repository yet

    git clone https://github.com/lakinduakash/asus-screenpad-control

    cd asus-screenpad-control

    

    #build binaries

    make

    

    #install

    sudo make install

    

## Uninstallation

    sudo make uninstall

    

## Running

You can run it from terminal or from application menu.

**Note:** When you use it first time without rebooting make sure to execute 

```sudo chmod a+w '/sys/class/leds/asus::screenpad/brightness'```.

Otherwise application may not have enough permission to control screenpad.

Run in terminal

 `screenpad-control`

## License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE