xbacklight: No outputs have backlight property

2015-05-05 Thread Sandrine Duvalier
Hi! Not sure if this is possible but I'd like to dim my external display's backlight. Unfortunately this gives: $ xbacklight No outputs have backlight property One can do xrandr --output DP2 --brightness 0.5, but this only makes the colors less bright (as opposed to dimming the backlight). Any

Re: Volume keys control

2015-05-03 Thread Sandrine Duvalier
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Alexandre Ratchov a...@caoua.org wrote: The volume keys always control the mixer of the first audio device, this can't be changed without modifying the kernel. If X is running, volume keys are additionaly exposed as X keys, and programs may use them to tweak

Volume keys control

2015-05-03 Thread Sandrine Duvalier
Hello! I would be curious to know how the volume keys on the keyboard control the mixer. I suppose it can't be X11-related because the keys also work without X11. Is it possible to remap the volume keys? (Currently I have to press Fn-F11 on the Apple keyboard, which seems a bit cumbersome).