com.system76.PowerDaemon.Keyboard dbus API #190
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The `ffidisp` module is described as "the legacy design used up to 0.6.x. It is not recommended for new development." This also uses `SyncConnection` in the server, rather than `Connection`, so it can be shared between threads.
This defines a new dbus interface `com.system76.PowerDaemon.Keyboard`. This wraps the sysfs API without requiring root access. This is handled in a seperate thread that monitors brightness and color changes with inotify. The API might later be extended to support things like setting keymaps.
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This doesn't quite expose all the functionality needed for the design in pop-os/gnome-control-center#102. That will also require the EC to persist settings, handle the color change key (instead of the kernel driver handling it), and support changing the list of colors that are switched better. And of course the Keyboard Configurator will need a few more things, mainly support for changing the keymap. |
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@jackpot51 Thoughts on this? |
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keyboard-backlightrepository has code using this. The API can be used with the code there to add a brightness/color setting in Gnome Control Center, and can later be used for the Keyboard Configurator.This is rather more complicated than my previous attempt at an API for this (#177), but the general design is hopefully fairly robust and can be extended for more functionality we may need.