Installing tuxedo-keyboard drivers

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I recently switched to nixos and mostly ported my configs except for tuxedo-keyboard drivers, on my previous system I installed them this way:

git clone https://github .com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard ~
cd ~/tuxedo-keyboard
make && sudo make dkmsinstall
sudo modprobe tuxedo_keyboard

currently the keyboard backlight works until I close the lid, then it goes dark. I tried using

hardware.tuxedo-keyboard.enable = true;

but this caused to make my keyboard go dark on system boot instead of on closing lid, I also tried to play with these configs provided in man configuration.nix:

boot.kernelParams = [
“tuxedo_keyboard.mode=0”
“tuxedo_keyboard.brightness=255”
“tuxedo_keyboard.color_left=0xff0a0a”
];

but I haven’t had any success with those either.
Also note that I’m not using tuxedo laptop but gigabyte G5 instead, I haven’t had any problem with these drivers on previous system though

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Perhaps it’s because the packaged version is too old.
Currently in nixpkgs it is on 3.2.7, but upstream is at 4.2.2

Personally, I don’t have any problems, but my Tuxedo Pulse Gen 1 is an “older” Model that is supported by that Version.

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So I’m gonna have to package the new version myself?

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There is an alternative as mentioned: Keyboard backlight with Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 16 but my backlight does not work.