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Scubba91

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Registered: 2023-12-24

Posts: 35

Confused on controlling the backlight

I'm running Arch on a Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
trying to set up the keybinding but having trouble with controlling the light. I've been looking all over and really can't find a solution of why I can't use FN + up/dwn button. It works for controlling my volume but not for controlling the screens light. I can use xbacklight and brightnessctl command to control the light but only on the terminal. I added video to group.  Using AwesomeWm and running that with xorg. I already added myself to the group. I read something about a acpi event but I figuring maybe I'm doing something wrong and the solution is easy. 

EDIT: I managed to finally control the light with my keys but only when I am in AwesomeWM. When I quit it out of there I am no longer able to control it. Is there something else I am missing? Its cool I did it but if I ever want to use another WM I probably got to do this extra step. Is there a reason?
my .xbindkeysrc

# Increase volume
"pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +1000"
   XF86AudioRaiseVolume

# Decrease volume
"pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -1000"
   XF86AudioLowerVolume

# Mute volume
"pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle"
   XF86AudioMute

# Mute microphone
"pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle"
   XF86AudioMicMut

# Increase light
"brightnessctl set +3%" 
  XF86MonBrightnessUp

# Decrease light
"xbacklight -10"
   m:0x0 + c:232
   XF86MonBrightnessDown

I was trying to see if either worked. Also changed to just brightness nothing.
running

ls -l

total 60
-rw-r--r--  1 scubba scubba 2894 Sep 21 00:44 :
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Aug 11 20:27 Desktop
drwxrwxr-x  5 scubba scubba 4096 Mar 26  2024 Distros
drwxr-xr-x 12 scubba scubba 4096 Mar 26  2024 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Oct 15 21:00 Downloads
drwxrwxr-x  7 scubba scubba 4096 Nov 28  2023 firefox
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Sep 20 20:28 log
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Feb 21  2023 Music
drwxr-xr-x  3 scubba scubba 4096 Aug 31  2023 Pictures
-rwxr-xr-x  1 scubba scubba   43 Sep 20 20:13 power.sh
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Feb 21  2023 Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Feb 21  2023 Templates
drwxr-xr-x  2 scubba scubba 4096 Feb 21  2023 Videos
-rw-r--r--  1 scubba scubba 3075 Nov  4 23:10 xorg.conf.new
drwxr-xr-x  5 scubba scubba 4096 Sep 22 15:41 yay

Last edited by Scubba91 (2024-11-06 19:44:48)