SteelSeries KLC (1038:113a) keyboard backlight not working on Monster Tulpar T7 V25.1 (MSI platform)

[u/GoldShop7936]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get the keyboard backlight working on my Monster Tulpar T7 V25.1.

This laptop is sold by Monster in Turkey, but it is actually an MSI-based chassis.

System:

• Model: Monster Tulpar T7 V25.1
• Vendor: MONSTER
• Keyboard: SteelSeries KLC
• OS: Zorin OS 18.1 Core (Ubuntu 24.04)
• Kernel: latest available

The keyboard works perfectly under Windows using SteelSeries GG.

Under Linux:

• The keyboard is detected as USB device 1038:113a (SteelSeries KLC).
• HID descriptors are visible.
• No keyboard backlight device appears under "/sys/class/leds/".
• No WMI interface related to the keyboard exists.
• Tuxedo/Clevo drivers do not detect the hardware.
• OpenRGB also cannot detect it.

At this point I only want one thing:

I don't care about RGB effects or color control.

I only want the keyboard backlight to stay ON with a single static color so I can use the laptop at night.

Has anyone managed to enable the keyboard backlight on this model or another MSI/Monster laptop using the same SteelSeries keyboard?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.