How to create keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness in Xubuntu (XFCE Ubuntu)?
How to create keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness in XFCE?
Ideally the solution uses inbuilt functionality which does not additionaly drain the battery (by installing a service/daemon, etc)
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How to create keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness in XFCE?
Ideally the solution uses inbuilt functionality which does not additionaly drain the battery (by installing a service/daemon, etc)
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts xfce xubuntu brightness
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How to create keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness in XFCE?
Ideally the solution uses inbuilt functionality which does not additionaly drain the battery (by installing a service/daemon, etc)
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts xfce xubuntu brightness
asked Apr 8 '17 at 8:23
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How to create keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness in XFCE?
Ideally the solution uses inbuilt functionality which does not additionaly drain the battery (by installing a service/daemon, etc)
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts xfce xubuntu brightness
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts xfce xubuntu brightness
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You can use xbacklight to control the screen brightness. In XFCE, open the settings and add calls to xbacklight under “Keyboard” → “Application Shortcuts”: something like xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessDown and xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessUp.
A few graphics drivers don't support xbacklight. If it doesn't work on your system, you can ask about it on this site, mentioning your exact graphics card model.
A generic method that works with any desktop environment (or none at all) is to run xbindkeys (available in most distributions, including Ubuntu). Xbindkeys only consumes CPU when it starts up or when a key is pressed, and very little at that; it isn't a battery drain at all. (This would be the case for any remotely decent software providing the same functionality.) In ~/.xbindkeysrc, put something like
"xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessDown
"xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessUp
and add xbindkeys to your startup applications in your desktop environment, or to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc if you don't use a desktop environment.
answered Apr 9 '17 at 1:50
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XFCE backlight buttons
Firstly, install xbacklight
$ sudo apt install xbacklight
Secondly, check whether you have control over the backlight.
$ xbacklight -1
$ xbacklight +5
Should these commands result in a No outputs have backlight property error,
then follow these remediating steps before proceeding.
Once xbacklight -1 and xbacklight +1 work from the command line, proceed with assigning these commands to respectively the XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys. This is done by hitting those keys when asked by the Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts application.
Finally, reboot for these changes to take effect.
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You can use xbacklight to control the screen brightness. In XFCE, open the settings and add calls to xbacklight under “Keyboard” → “Application Shortcuts”: something like xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessDown and xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessUp.
A few graphics drivers don't support xbacklight. If it doesn't work on your system, you can ask about it on this site, mentioning your exact graphics card model.
A generic method that works with any desktop environment (or none at all) is to run xbindkeys (available in most distributions, including Ubuntu). Xbindkeys only consumes CPU when it starts up or when a key is pressed, and very little at that; it isn't a battery drain at all. (This would be the case for any remotely decent software providing the same functionality.) In ~/.xbindkeysrc, put something like
"xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessDown
"xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessUp
and add xbindkeys to your startup applications in your desktop environment, or to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc if you don't use a desktop environment.
answered Apr 9 '17 at 1:50
GillesGilles
538k12810881606
The formatting is broken.
– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
add a comment |
You can use xbacklight to control the screen brightness. In XFCE, open the settings and add calls to xbacklight under “Keyboard” → “Application Shortcuts”: something like xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessDown and xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessUp.
A few graphics drivers don't support xbacklight. If it doesn't work on your system, you can ask about it on this site, mentioning your exact graphics card model.
A generic method that works with any desktop environment (or none at all) is to run xbindkeys (available in most distributions, including Ubuntu). Xbindkeys only consumes CPU when it starts up or when a key is pressed, and very little at that; it isn't a battery drain at all. (This would be the case for any remotely decent software providing the same functionality.) In ~/.xbindkeysrc, put something like
"xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessDown
"xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessUp
and add xbindkeys to your startup applications in your desktop environment, or to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc if you don't use a desktop environment.
answered Apr 9 '17 at 1:50
GillesGilles
538k12810881606
The formatting is broken.
– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
add a comment |
You can use xbacklight to control the screen brightness. In XFCE, open the settings and add calls to xbacklight under “Keyboard” → “Application Shortcuts”: something like xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessDown and xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessUp.
A few graphics drivers don't support xbacklight. If it doesn't work on your system, you can ask about it on this site, mentioning your exact graphics card model.
A generic method that works with any desktop environment (or none at all) is to run xbindkeys (available in most distributions, including Ubuntu). Xbindkeys only consumes CPU when it starts up or when a key is pressed, and very little at that; it isn't a battery drain at all. (This would be the case for any remotely decent software providing the same functionality.) In ~/.xbindkeysrc, put something like
"xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessDown
"xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessUp
and add xbindkeys to your startup applications in your desktop environment, or to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc if you don't use a desktop environment.
answered Apr 9 '17 at 1:50
GillesGilles
538k12810881606
You can use xbacklight to control the screen brightness. In XFCE, open the settings and add calls to xbacklight under “Keyboard” → “Application Shortcuts”: something like xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessDown and xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1 for BrightnessUp.
A few graphics drivers don't support xbacklight. If it doesn't work on your system, you can ask about it on this site, mentioning your exact graphics card model.
A generic method that works with any desktop environment (or none at all) is to run xbindkeys (available in most distributions, including Ubuntu). Xbindkeys only consumes CPU when it starts up or when a key is pressed, and very little at that; it isn't a battery drain at all. (This would be the case for any remotely decent software providing the same functionality.) In ~/.xbindkeysrc, put something like
"xbacklight -dec 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessDown
"xbacklight -inc 5 -steps 1"
XF86MonBrightnessUp
and add xbindkeys to your startup applications in your desktop environment, or to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc if you don't use a desktop environment.
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– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
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The formatting is broken.
– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
The formatting is broken.
– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
The formatting is broken.
– Mateusz Piotrowski
Sep 25 '17 at 14:14
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XFCE backlight buttons
Firstly, install xbacklight
$ sudo apt install xbacklight
Secondly, check whether you have control over the backlight.
$ xbacklight -1
$ xbacklight +5
Should these commands result in a No outputs have backlight property error,
then follow these remediating steps before proceeding.
Once xbacklight -1 and xbacklight +1 work from the command line, proceed with assigning these commands to respectively the XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys. This is done by hitting those keys when asked by the Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts application.
Finally, reboot for these changes to take effect.
answered Feb 8 at 8:56
Serge StroobandtSerge Stroobandt
83521326
add a comment |
XFCE backlight buttons
Firstly, install xbacklight
$ sudo apt install xbacklight
Secondly, check whether you have control over the backlight.
$ xbacklight -1
$ xbacklight +5
Should these commands result in a No outputs have backlight property error,
then follow these remediating steps before proceeding.
Once xbacklight -1 and xbacklight +1 work from the command line, proceed with assigning these commands to respectively the XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys. This is done by hitting those keys when asked by the Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts application.
Finally, reboot for these changes to take effect.
answered Feb 8 at 8:56
Serge StroobandtSerge Stroobandt
83521326
add a comment |
XFCE backlight buttons
Firstly, install xbacklight
$ sudo apt install xbacklight
Secondly, check whether you have control over the backlight.
$ xbacklight -1
$ xbacklight +5
Should these commands result in a No outputs have backlight property error,
then follow these remediating steps before proceeding.
Once xbacklight -1 and xbacklight +1 work from the command line, proceed with assigning these commands to respectively the XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys. This is done by hitting those keys when asked by the Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts application.
Finally, reboot for these changes to take effect.
answered Feb 8 at 8:56
Serge StroobandtSerge Stroobandt
83521326
XFCE backlight buttons
Firstly, install xbacklight
$ sudo apt install xbacklight
Secondly, check whether you have control over the backlight.
$ xbacklight -1
$ xbacklight +5
Should these commands result in a No outputs have backlight property error,
then follow these remediating steps before proceeding.
Once xbacklight -1 and xbacklight +1 work from the command line, proceed with assigning these commands to respectively the XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys. This is done by hitting those keys when asked by the Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts application.
Finally, reboot for these changes to take effect.
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