I've an ASUS N56JN and brightness shortcut doesn't work. Usually with my laptop I can do it with FN+F5/F6. How can I solve this issue? Is there a way to fix it? Thanks!
2 Answers
Use the instructions on this page, but instead go to Custom and select the + button to add a new keyboard shortcut. In the custom command, put xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown or xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessUp. Then click where it says Disabled and key in your key combination.
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I've been doing this with xbacklight. Your solution seems better because it uses the indicator. However it's working in terminal but not as a shortcut, any ideas?– Eric GAug 13, 2017 at 7:43
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1Found an answer by myself. It needs to be: xdotool key --clearmodifiers XF86MonBrightnessUp– Eric GSep 12, 2017 at 11:43
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make sure to install the hardware level brightness adjustment tool first by issuing sudo apt install xdotool– daGoFeb 4, 2021 at 10:50
I recommend setting a key binding to the two commands below.
To increase the brightness by 10% use
xbacklight -inc 10
and to decrease by 10% use
xbacklight -dec 10
