Use brightnessctl instead of curom script to manage display brightness

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/home/.config/i3/config b/home/.config/i3/config
index d71b347..b2c08b5 100644
--- a/home/.config/i3/config
+++ b/home/.config/i3/config
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
         }
     }
 
-    set $background_image ".background.png"
+    set $background_image ".background"
     # desktop background
     exec_always --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale $background_image
 
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
 #
 # Backlight:
 #
-    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec --no-startup-id ~/bin/backlight dec, exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
-    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec --no-startup-id ~/bin/backlight inc, exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
+    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl set 2%-, exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
+    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl set 2%+, exec pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
 #
 # Other utilities:
 #
diff --git a/home/bin/backlight b/home/bin/backlight
deleted file mode 100755
index 553b79a..0000000
--- a/home/bin/backlight
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-device=$(find /sys/class/backlight/* -maxdepth 1 | head -n 1)
-
-max=$(cat "$device/max_brightness")
-current=$(cat "$device/brightness")
-step=20
-
-case "$1" in
-    get)
-	echo "$current"
-	;;
-    dec)
-	if [[ "$current" -gt 0 ]]; then
-	    echo $(( current - step )) > "$device/brightness"
-	fi
-	;;
-    inc)
-	if [[ "$current" -lt "$max" ]]; then
-	    echo $(( current + step )) > "$device/brightness"
-	fi
-	;;
-    *)
-	echo "Unknown argument $1" >&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/home/bin/backup-manual b/home/bin/backup-manual
index 020e22e..c11b06d 100755
--- a/home/bin/backup-manual
+++ b/home/bin/backup-manual
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 : ${BACKUPSOURCE:="/home/jodersky/"}
 
 # backup root folder, i.e. the one that will contain all backups in separate sub-folders
-: ${BACKUPCAPSULE:="/media/jodersky/backup/backup/jakob/"}
+: ${BACKUPCAPSULE:="/mnt/backup/backup/"}
 
 
 #destination folder to back up to
diff --git a/installpackages b/installpackages
index 224e924..82a4471 100755
--- a/installpackages
+++ b/installpackages
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -o errexit
 # Basic packages and Window manager
 sudo apt install \
      bluez \
+     brightnessctl \
      build-essential \
      emacs \
      evince \
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ sudo apt install \
      sakura \
      shellcheck \
      scrot \
+     texlive-fonts-extra \
      texlive-latex-extra \
      thunar \
      xdg-utils \