oliverkra / pixel-utils

Chromebook Pixel 2013 Utils (Linux installation)

Links

https://launchpad.net/~longsleep/+archive/ubuntu/pixel-extras/+packages

Required packages

• https://launchpad.net/~longsleep/+archive/ubuntu/pixel-extras/+files/ectool_1.7.0-1_amd64.deb

Install scripts

sudo cp pixel-ectool /usr/local/bin/pixel-ectool
sudo chown root: /usr/local/bin/pixel-ectool
sudo chmod 0777 /usr/local/bin/pixel-ectool

Examples

• Control fan speed

  • Set fan speed to a percentage pixel-ectool fanduty <percentage>
  • Get fan RPM pixel-ectool pwmgetfanrpm
  • Restore fan to auto control pixel-ectool autofanctrl on

• Control keyboard backlight

  • Get backlight percentage pixel-ectool pwmgetkblight
  • Set backlight percentage pixel-ectool pwmsetkblight <percentage>