Openrazer-driver instalation fail on kernel "7.0.9-1-cachyos"

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1

Hello,
I am curious if this is a kernel change or something else. Maybe someone that understands what is the “hid_report_raw_event“ function can help.

The question is simple: Razer has to fix this?

Log:

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❯ openrazer-daemon --version
openrazer-daemon 3.12.2

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❯ sudo dkms status | grep openrazer
openrazer-driver/3.12.2, 6.18.32-1-cachyos-lts, x86_64: installed

~
❯ uname -r
7.0.9-1-cachyos

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❯ sudo modprobe razerkbd
modprobe: FATAL: Module razerkbd not found in directory /lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos

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❯ sudo dkms install openrazer-driver/3.12.2
Sign command: /usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s)...(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build make driver LLVM=1

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.9-1-cachyos (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/openrazer-driver/3.12.2/build/make.log for more information.

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❯ cat /var/lib/dkms/openrazer-driver/3.12.2/build/make.log
DKMS (dkms-3.4.0) make.log for openrazer-driver/3.12.2 for kernel 7.0.9-1-cachyos (x86_64)
Tue May 19 09:18:58 AM CEST 2026

Building module(s)
# command: KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build make driver LLVM=1

:: Compiling OpenRazer kernel modules
========================================
make -C /lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build M=/var/lib/dkms/openrazer-driver/3.12.2/build/driver modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/openrazer-driver/3.12.2/build/driver'
  CC [M]  razerkbd_driver.o
razerkbd_driver.c:4837:97: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 6, have 5
 4837 |                             hid_report_raw_event(hdev, HID_INPUT_REPORT, xdata, sizeof(xdata), 0);
      |                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                ^
/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/include/linux/hid.h:1275:5: note: 'hid_report_raw_event' declared here
 1275 | int hid_report_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, enum hid_report_type type, u8 *data,
      |     ^                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1276 |                          size_t bufsize, u32 size, int interrupt);
      |                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
razerkbd_driver.c:4841:97: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 6, have 5
 4841 |                             hid_report_raw_event(hdev, HID_INPUT_REPORT, xdata, sizeof(xdata), 0);
      |                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                ^
/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/include/linux/hid.h:1275:5: note: 'hid_report_raw_event' declared here
 1275 | int hid_report_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, enum hid_report_type type, u8 *data,
      |     ^                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1276 |                          size_t bufsize, u32 size, int interrupt);
      |                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 errors generated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/scripts/Makefile.build:289: razerkbd_driver.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/Makefile:2114: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/openrazer-driver/3.12.2/build/driver'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/7.0.9-1-cachyos/build'
make: *** [Makefile:38: driver] Error 2

# exit code: 2
# elapsed time: 00:00:01
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2

Same error for me. Probably a trivial version conflict and we need to wait for openrazer to correct it.

No, openrazer is community-managed. Razer can’t be bothered to implement proper Linux support.

3

Thanks for the info. I forgot that the dam razer does not have the budget to support linux. The issue was already reported to openrazer. The fix is on it’s way.

4

Seems the fix has been released but requires additional work by distribution maintainers such as arch and I would assume cachy as well.