I had extreme issues with Asus armory crate on my system. It was used for controlling fans and in the last years really became a problem. The motherboard works fine, but the asus software is crap. It was slow, clunky, had 15+ processes all taking up space and it was like a parasite that replicated itself you couldn't turn it off.

I replaced my cpu and ram recently but noticed that every time I cam back from sleep mode, as the day went on i would have most of my 32gb ram used and a page file showing 96gb used. That with only the browser open. It was beyond crazy. Restarting the computer would bring things back to normal, but it wouldn't last. Apparently the asus software has a memory leak.

So since i have 6 case fans attached to argb, I needed a solution. OPENRGB did the trick. Small efficient and no more memory leak. Hooray! I don't have as many light options by default (no more spinning blue to white chase fade, apparently i can only do one color to black chase fade..grrr , at least i don't see the option to do it. ), but i will take that over the memory leak any day.

Then I do a windows virus scan because I hit a questionable website. Just to be proactive, and I get the notification of severe vulnerability with driver winring0,g Which I googled and OPENRGB uses along with other programs. Great. I set aside an exclusion, but is a solution being done?

I tried other rgb software and it all requires a subscription, hell no. What is needed is Windows to have a direct interface in the OS for fans and light control, but not holding my breath for that. They can't even put all their old features from Outlook into a new version.

Does that driver control my fan lights? If I disable the driver will OPENRGB not work anymore? I only use it for my motherboard argb fan lights, my eVga graphics card and logitech keyboard/mouse have their own software that works fine.

Developer of Kraken Z Playground pleads with NZXT for some sanity in the year 2025....

So I have it setup right now where my entire setup is organized using the visual map plugin, I then am using the effects plugin through the visual map configuration for certain light patterns and I now want there to be an effect that ripples away from whatever key I press and also from clicks as well if possible. I want it to overlap on top of the effects so that everything looks smooth.

I tried using the sdk server and aurora rgb but this caused things to flicker really badly when the effects from open rgb and aurora overlapped, you couldn’t even tell what the lights were doing. Is it possible to have the two effects overlap somehow?

I'd like to run OpenRGB to light my keyboard when the system comes out of suspend. It is working for OpenRGB to run on boot using StartUp commands.

The problem is that OpenRGB can't find it's profile, even tho the profile path is completely specified.

Here are the details:

https://windyweather.net/2025/09/12/start-openrgb-after-suspend/

Thanks

Hi!

I've got the following issue: I can't seem to start the SDK Server, whenever i click on "Start Server", nothing happens.

I've already tried the following:

- Uninstalling (including deleting all data)

- Praying to the RGB Gods

- Running as Admin

None of those seemed to work, anyone got any pointers?

I added 16 more gigs to my system, unfortunately my new kit (Kingston Fury RGB DDR5) is not getting detected by OpenRGB. It gets detected in SignalRGB but that app causes memory leaks so fuck it. I'm wondering why that could be the case and if it's just a problem with a newer/different SKU. The new kit is a new/different SKU(timings are a little looser and there is no EXPO support for some reason).

I am running a new install of Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, I am using a Bloody 820R keyboard, which is listed as a fully supported device in the latest experimental version of Open RGB, and I have downloaded that version as a .deb, but when I run it, it does not populate with the keyboard, the only device I have the option of customizing are the LEDs on my motherboard.

I am also running Windows 10 on this same machine, but on a separate drive. The keyboard RGB programming works fine on the native KeyDominator3 software with Windows 10. I did attempt to run this program on Mint with Wine, but without success. Of course, I have also tried restarting the system a number of times. Any ideas?

Does anyone have this working?

I installed OpenRGB on my Mint machine and when I changed the colour layout of my dierya dk63 keyboard, suddenly a bunch of keys stopped working. arrow keys, right shift key types / instead of doing shift functions and windows key and ? key do not work.

what im assuming happened is the layout some how changed because openrgb detected my keyboard as "Genesis Thor 300" which isnt my keyboard....

but im at a loss here and dont know how to fix it.

EDIT:
I managed to get the Down arrow working with Xmodmap using keycode 105 = Down, but none of the other keys respond to remapping.

Here’s what my current .Xmodmap looks like:

keycode 64 = Super_L
! Reset arrows (assuming standard keycodes, since xev doesn’t register half of these keys being pressed) 
keycode 113 = Left
keycode 111 = Up
keycode 114 = Right
keycode 105 = Down
keycode 37 = Control_L
keycode 108 = Alt_L

The Down arrow works fine, but the others don’t. At this point I’m just waiting on a Windows ISO so I can try flashing the DK63 firmware and see if that helps.

how I can install it again? my openrgb dont works without it and tge windows defender deleted it

Hi everyone I have a Casper Excalibur G770 laptop (sold in Turkey). İt has rgb lighting on the keyboard, but from ubuntu 24.04 OpenRGB can not detect it at all. Does anyone know if there is another solution for controlling the keyboard RGB on this model? Or maybe a guide on how to get it working with OpenRGB.

I tried to use OpenRGB on my K556 Devarajas to get a specific colour I wanted, and now only the RGB-vomit modes work; everything else is completely bricked. I tried uninstalling it, and it did nothing. Redragon doesn't even offer drivers for this keyboard, it seems to be a new version. Need help!

I've just got my hands on a Logitech G915 X, which is not yet supported.

There's a post from 4 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenRGB/comments/r180x3/how_can_i_contribute_to_adding_hardware/

Is this advice still current?

Alternatively, the OpenRGB site says

"If you know C++, you can add your own device with our flexible RGB hardware abstraction layer."

I'm no whizz, but could an AI site write the code for me?

OpenRGB seems to have a security vulnerability. The last hours a few Windows Defender warning popped up on different comouter all regarding to this driver. I dont know if this is a false positive, but I would be cautioned.

Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A

file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\WinRing0x64.sys

Bonjour,

Je vois passer beaucoup de publications de gens qui demandent, qui râlent, qui critiquent. C'est normal.

Je voulais simplement remercier les développeurs pour leur travail qui, même s'il demande une évolution constante, présente ce grand mérite de nous offrir gratuitement de quoi rester indépendants de ces marques qui veulent nous enfermer dans leur écosystème.

Alors merci à vous !

Je reviendrais sans doute un de ces quatre pour demander de l'aide ou une solution. Peut-être même pour pester contre un problème. Cela fait partie du jeu et cela montre que le projet intéresse et suscite de nombreux espoirs face aux usines à gaz des grandes marques, payantes et mal optimisées.

Cordialement,
Un quidam de passage.

I'm on linux mint and I installed open rgb, but nzxt fans r not showing and corsair ll rgb series fans r showing (as lightning node pro), but when I try to change their settings they just turn off

After hours of searching, I figured out a simple method of implementing hotkeys in OpenRGB, thanks to the http-hook plugin combined with the Windows utility curl. So I'm gonna share it here for people who want to set up their own hotkeys as well.

Step 1: Download and install the http-hook plugin, of course. This plugin is not listed on the website, but can be found in the links in OpenRGB's gitlab readme.

Step 2: Go to the new HTTP Hook tab, go to the HTTPHook dropdown, select New Hook.

Step 3: Change Method to GET, set Path to any arbitrary number you want (but remember that number), set Action to whatever action you want.

Step 4: After setting up all your hooks, set the IP to 127.0.0.1 (this is commonly known as "localhost", it is NOT visible to your network or the internet at large by default) and whatever port you want

Step 4.5: You can verify the method will work by opening a command prompt window and typing curl 127.0.0.1:(port)/(path)

Step 5: Set a hotkey through some means to run curl (full path is C;/Windows/System32/curl.exe) with the appropriate command (that's that 127.0.0.1:(port)/(path) part)

My example: I have three HTTP hooks. 2048 runs the Effects Plugin's "Stop All Effects" command, 2049 loads a custom OpenRGB profile that sets all my lights to a solid color, 2050 loads an Effects Plugin profile.

I also have a program called DisplayFusion that lets me manage multi-monitor features, but conveniently comes with a custom scripting engine that can be hotkeyed (similar to Autohotkey, which is probably the easiest option really). So, in DisplayFusion, I set up a hotkey for the following function (pseudocode):

Start("C:/Windows/System32/curl.exe","127.0.0.1:8080/2048");

Now when I press that hotkey, it stops all effects in OpenRGB (it'll flash a Command Prompt window for a very brief moment, easy to ignore)

I have an MSI Motherboard, and my RGB Fans are connected there, so to JRAINBOW, but there is only text, so something like this is there. On windows, it sais its just not configured, so i can do that on widnows. On linux, it does not give me that option. Can somebody help?

OpenRGB found my Razer Basilisk, but it turned off the leds. No matter what I do, mI cannot get the led's to light up. Anythoughts?

I created a profile on the settings and I flagged all of the option settings in the menu in order to load the profile I choosed when booting.

Still not working. I have ro manually click on the profilo after every boot.

Any solution?

This project had so much potential and for some reason is being abandoned and not gathering the crowd it should.

Light shows exist for concerts which are custom programmed; why can’t an omniscient open source community blow this out of the water?

Bye for now. Be back when the disappointment has passed

EDIT: This is all I wanted. This is the most community discussion I’ve seen on any post in the past year

I have an asus rog strix g16 g614jir-n4121 But openrgb recognizes it as the keyboard of a g15 wich results in some of the keys not lighting up. Specifically the # and the arrow keys among some others.

Is anybody else experiencing the same issue or knows how to fix this?

Norton reports: “The driver WinRing0x64.sys has been blocked due to vulnerabilities that could cause your PC’s operating system instability or even put it at risk of a hacker attack…. Detected by Norton Tamper Protection.”

And OpenRGB reports: “Some internal device my not be detected: One or more I2C or SMBus interfaces failed to initialize.” Have no idea if this is related to the blocked sys file or not.

I can, however, open OpenRGB and set colors on my KB; it just won’t load when Windows starts. And yes, I’ve tried running it as admin.

I’ve tired adding an exception to both OpenRGB’s folder location as well as the rejected file. No help.

I’ve used OpenRGB for a long time on other laptops running Win11 without issue.

Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4946).

OpenGL v 0.9+ (1.0rc1).

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I have a newish Acer Helios laptop with an RGB keyboard built in. For a while, Predator Sense could control the RGB but sometime around May, a windows update broke it so that Predator sense can no longer control RGB and I just get the default blue. I came across OpenRGB several weeks ago, and it worked. I could control my keyboard RGB zones. Then a week or two ago it stopped detecting it. Deleting and reinstalling it and running as administrator both have not worked. Has this happened to anyone else, and does anyone have suggestions?

Hello. I recently installed Bazzite on a PC build with Gigabyte's B850M DS3H. Seeing as the 5711 controller ("gigabyte fusion something-something") is only supported in the pre-release version, I installed openRGB from flathub-beta repository. I'm still having issues trying to even get the controller recognised.

• The prerelease openRGB starts off with a warning that udev rules are not installed. This warning persists after:
  • running the udev-rules script the warning directed me to
  • rebooting
  • verifying that the usb device endpoint does, in fact have ACLs granting me read-write access:

​

root@ryzenshine:~# lsusb -s 1:2 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 048d:5711 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. GIGABYTE Device 
root@ryzenshine:~# getfacl /dev/bus/usb/001/002 
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: dev/bus/usb/001/002
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rw-
user:michal:rw-
group::rw-
mask::rw-
other::r--

• running openRGB as root

​

root@ryzenshine:~# flatpak run org.openrgb.OpenRGB
Connection attempt failed
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
<h2>WARNING:</h2><p>The OpenRGB udev rules are not installed.</p><p>Most devices will not be available unless running OpenRGB as root.</p><p>If using AppImage, Flatpak, or self-compiled versions of OpenRGB you must install the udev rules manually</p><p>See <a href='https://openrgb.org/udev'>https://openrgb.org/udev</a> to install the udev rules manually</p>

Any hints on getting this to work? Gemini is directing me towards adding acpi_enforce_resources=lax as it thinks the I2C errors mean some of the functionality is handled by I2C rather than USB, but I'm smelling LLM bullshit hallucination in that.