keyboard-backlight-daemon
A daemon to make your keyboard backlight smart.
Features
- Light up keyboard backlight based on user interaction (keyboard, mouse, touchpad)
- No system dependencies
Tested on
- Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2021)
How to use
Installation
yay -S keyboard-backlight-daemon-git
Manual
Download the latest release from GitHub:
curl -L -o keyboard-backlight-daemon https://github.com/markusressel/keyboard-backlight-daemon/releases/latest/download/keyboard-backlight-daemon-linux-amd64
chmod +x keyboard-backlight-daemon
sudo cp ./keyboard-backlight-daemon /usr/bin/keyboard-backlight-daemon
sudo keyboard-backlight-daemon
Or compile yourself:
git clone https://github.com/markusressel/keyboard-backlight-daemon.git
cd keyboard-backlight-daemon
make build
sudo cp ./bin/keyboard-backlight-daemon /usr/bin/keyboard-backlight-daemon
sudo chmod ug+x /usr/bin/keyboard-backlight-daemon
sudo keyboard-backlight-daemon
Configuration
If you want to change the default behaviour of keyboard-backlight-daemon you can create a YAML configuration file in ** one** of the following locations:
/etc/keyboard-backlight-daemon/keyboard-backlight-daemon.yaml(recommended)~/.config/keyboard-backlight-daemon.yaml./keyboard-backlight-daemon.yaml
sudo mkdir /etc/keyboard-backlight-daemon
sudo nano /etc/keyboard-backlight-daemon/keyboard-backlight-daemon.yaml
Run
Systemd Service
Use the systemd unit file in this repository. To enable it simply run:
sudo cp ./keyboard-backlight-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now keyboard-backlight-daemon
# follow logs
journalctl -u keyboard-backlight-daemon -f
Dependencies
See go.mod
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License
keyboard-backlight-daemon
Copyright (C) 2021 Markus Ressel
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
