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Script for controlling the backlight in the ASUS G74SX
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Brightness script for the ASUS G74SX | |
# | |
# Arguments: | |
# up - increase brightness by 1 | |
# down - decrease brightness by 1 | |
# | |
BRIGHTNESS=`cat /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness` | |
MAX_BRIGHT=`cat /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/max_brightness` | |
# Try to recover brightness setting (since the `cat` seems to always return 0) | |
if [ -f /tmp/keyboard-brightness-ctl ] | |
then | |
BRIGHTNESS=`cat /tmp/keyboard-brightness-ctl` | |
fi | |
case "$1" in | |
up) | |
BRIGHTNESS=$((BRIGHTNESS + 1)) | |
if [ $BRIGHTNESS -gt $MAX_BRIGHT ] ; then BRIGHTNESS=$MAX_BRIGHT ; fi | |
echo $BRIGHTNESS > /tmp/keyboard-brightness-ctl | |
echo $BRIGHTNESS > /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness | |
;; | |
down) | |
BRIGHTNESS=$((BRIGHTNESS - 1)) | |
if [ $BRIGHTNESS -lt 0 ] ; then BRIGHTNESS=0 ; fi | |
echo $BRIGHTNESS > /tmp/keyboard-brightness-ctl | |
echo $BRIGHTNESS > /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness | |
;; | |
esac |
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This is the code for the color of my mouse if you need it to help me, if you decide to. #00eaff