Request for brightness device choosing section #2318
Description
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Step 2. Quick diagnose info
Quick diagnose
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| Checking git repo info |
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[===diagnose===] git remote get-url origin
https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland
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[===diagnose===] git rev-parse HEAD
44da20e
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| Checking distro |
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[===diagnose===] ii_check_distro_id
distro ID: endeavouros
distro ID_LIKE: arch
[---SUCCESS---]
[===diagnose===] ii_check_distro
LSB Version: n/a
Distributor ID: EndeavourOS
Description: EndeavourOS Linux
Release: rolling
Codename: rolling
[---SUCCESS---]
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| Checking variables |
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CACHE_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_CACHE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]
[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CONFIG_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_CONFIG_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_DATA_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_DATA_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_STATE_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_STATE_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV
declare -x ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV="~/.local/state/quickshell/.venv"
[---SUCCESS---]
/============================
| Checking directories/files |
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[===diagnose===] ls -l /home/morningmc/.local/state/quickshell/.venv
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 morningmc morningmc 43 Aug 22 21:32 CACHEDIR.TAG
drwxr-xr-x 2 morningmc morningmc 4096 Aug 22 21:32 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 morningmc morningmc 4096 Aug 22 21:32 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 morningmc morningmc 3 Aug 22 21:32 lib64 -> lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 morningmc morningmc 195 Aug 22 21:32 pyvenv.cfg
[---SUCCESS---]
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| Checking versions |
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[===diagnose===] Hyprland --version
Hyprland 0.51.1 built from branch at commit 71a1216abcc7031776630a6d88f105605c4dc1c9 ([gha] Nix: update inputs).
Date: Mon Sep 22 20:54:03 2025
Tag: v0.51.1, commits: 6436
built against:
aquamarine 0.9.5
hyprlang 0.6.3
hyprutils 0.10.0
hyprcursor 0.1.13
hyprgraphics 0.2.0
no flags were set
[---SUCCESS---]
[===diagnose===] ii_check_quickshell_version
qt6-base 6.10.0-2
quickshell-git 0.2.0.r26.g3e32ae5-1
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Step 3. Describe the issue
sometimes brightnessctl's default brightness device may not be the correct device so I request for a entry to choose the correct brightness device to pass the argument with brightnessctl -d $DEVICE
For example, my brightness devices are:
Device 'nvidia_0' of class 'backlight':
Current brightness: 100 (100%)
Max brightness: 100
Device 'intel_backlight' of class 'backlight':
Current brightness: 248 (50%)
Max brightness: 496
Device 'input4::compose' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 1
Device 'igc-08100-led1' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 1
Device 'input4::capslock' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 0 (0%)
Max brightness: 1
...
where brightnessctl defaults use the first device (nvidia_0), but intel_backlight is the truely effective one. Therefore, any brightness adjustments through quickshell (quickshell -c ii ipc call brightness {increment,decrement}, sliders, etc.) does not work.
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