Alfredo, I use os.execute instead of awful utils (actually, I don't know why) and it works without any problem (except that my keyboard send the keypress signal twice...) https://github.com/AlexisBRENON/awesome-configuration/blob/master/backend/brightness/xbacklight.lua#L17
Bests, Alexis Le jeu. 23 juil. 2015 à 05:13, Samuel Walladge <[email protected]> a écrit : > Haven't been able to test, but I've previously had troubles running some > shell commands with `awful.util.spawn()` - try > `awful.util.spawn_with_shell()` and see if that helps. > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 at 12:39 Elv1313 . <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> The awesome mod4+r prompt run without a shell and withous many >> environment variables. Maybe if you add the command in a script with a >> #!/bin/bash header and call that, it will work. Else, you will have to >> figure out what's missing. >> On Jul 22, 2015 9:39 PM, "Alfredo Palhares" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I am trying to xall xbacklight from awesome, with the following commands: >>> >>> ```lua >>> awful.key({ }, "XF86MonBrightnessDown", function () >>> awful.util.spawn("xbacklight -dec 15") end), >>> awful.key({ }, "XF86MonBrightnessUp", function () >>> awful.util.spawn("xbacklight -inc 15") end), >>> ``` >>> >>> But I always get this "No outputs have backlight property", calling the >>> commands from the command line works. >>> >>> Do you have any ideas ? >>> >>> -- >>> Alfredo Palhares >>> GPG/PGP Key Fingerprint >>> 68FC B06A 6C22 8B9B F110 >>> 38D6 E8F7 4D1F 0763 CAAD >>> >> -- > Regards, > Samuel Walladge >
