Nightlight automation

[Pintjebier]

Love what you what you guys did with the manual nightlight toggle in Omarchy with SUPER CTRL + N.
Is it also possible to automate this feature with time or geo-location?

[sailoz]

Hi
Geo + IP Location is already enabled in Omarchy via tzupdate.

You can

1. right click with mouse on the clock in the bar, to force update your location.
2. Use Unified Menu SUPER+ALT+Space > Update > Timezone

You can automate night toggle by updating ~/.config/hypr/hyprsunset.conf
See example config in https://wiki.hypr.land/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprsunset/

[Pintjebier]

Hi Geo + IP Location is already enabled in Omarchy via tzupdate.

You can

1. right click with mouse on the clock in the bar, to force update your location.

2. Use Unified Menu `SUPER+ALT+Space` > Update > Timezone

You can automate night toggle by updating ~/.config/hypr/hyprsunset.conf See example config in https://wiki.hypr.land/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprsunset/

Thanks for this info!

Already tried the settings from the Hyprland Wiki without any luck. But I didn't know about the timezone feature.

Also, I had my script running in the background to check if the power supply of my laptop is connected or not and depending on AC or battery state, my screen changed from 100% to 75% brightness but this script also seemed to had negative effect on the Omarchy screensaver. When enabled the screensaver only played once instead of a loop.
So I have disabled it. Hopefully this will then also solve the issue with nightlight.

Omarchy also has a battery script, but I think it only checks for low battery stat and no toggle screen brightness to safe battery life.

I will keep you posted.

[sailoz]

For screen brightness, brightnessctl and swayosd already installed. My dell laptop works fine with Fn +up/down keys to adjust brightness with OSD.

Also when idle more than 5 and half minutes,(default, but adjustable), it will turn off monitor, and lower the brightness, using hypridle.

For battery check, I had a PR to monitor 30% and 10%, #465, and possibility to adjust later. It's closed, Another chance to see, or better solution to come.

[Pintjebier]

For screen brightness, brightnessctl and swayosd already installed. My dell laptop works fine with Fn +up/down keys to adjust brightness with OSD.

Also when idle more than 5 and half minutes,(default, but adjustable), it will turn off monitor, and lower the brightness, using hypridle.

For battery check, I had a PR to monitor 30% and 10%, #465, and possibility to adjust later. It's closed, Another chance to see, or better solution to come.

This is my script that was running systelctl --user

#!/bin/bash

export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u)/bus"
LOGFILE="/tmp/battery-brightness.log"

echo "$(date): Script gestart" >>"$LOGFILE"

while ! busctl --user --list | grep -q org.freedesktop.Notifications; do
  echo "$(date): Wachten op Notifications service..." >>"$LOGFILE"
  sleep 1
done

LAST_STATE=""
LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED=0

notify() {
  notify-send -u normal -a "Battery status" "$1" "$2" -h int:transient:1
  echo "$(date): Notify: $1 - $2" >>"$LOGFILE"
}

BATTERY_CAPACITY_PATH="/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity"
AC_STATE_PATH="/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online"

while true; do
  # Wacht zolang screensaver actief is (Alacritty *en* tte processen)
  while pgrep -f "alacritty --class Screensaver" >/dev/null || pgrep -x tte >/dev/null; do
    echo "$(date): Screensaver (Alacritty of tte) actief, wachten..." >>"$LOGFILE"
    sleep 5
  done

  # Lees AC status
  if [ -f "$AC_STATE_PATH" ]; then
    AC_STATE=$(cat "$AC_STATE_PATH")
  else
    AC_STATE=""
  fi

  # Lees batterij percentage
  if [ -f "$BATTERY_CAPACITY_PATH" ]; then
    BATTERY_PERCENT=$(cat "$BATTERY_CAPACITY_PATH")
  else
    BATTERY_PERCENT=""
  fi

  # Bepaal nieuwe stroom status
  if [ "$AC_STATE" = "1" ]; then
    NEW_STATE="AC"
  else
    NEW_STATE="BATTERY"
  fi

  # Status veranderd, helderheid aanpassen
  if [ "$NEW_STATE" != "$LAST_STATE" ]; then
    if [ "$NEW_STATE" = "BATTERY" ]; then
      brightnessctl set 75%
      notify "󱊣 On battery" "brightness at 75%"
    else
      brightnessctl set 100%
      notify "󱐥 On AC power" "brightness at 100%"
      LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED=0
    fi
    LAST_STATE="$NEW_STATE"
  fi

  # Lage batterij check bij batterij modus
  if [ -n "$BATTERY_PERCENT" ] && [ "$NEW_STATE" = "BATTERY" ]; then
    if [ "$BATTERY_PERCENT" -lt 20 ] && [ "$LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED" -eq 0 ]; then
      brightnessctl set 30%
      notify "󱊡 Battery below 20%" "brightness lowered at 30%"
      LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED=1
    elif [ "$BATTERY_PERCENT" -gt 25 ] && [ "$LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED" -eq 1 ]; then
      brightnessctl set 75%
      notify "Battery recovered" "brightness back at 75%"
      LOW_BATTERY_TRIGGERED=0
    fi
  fi

  sleep 5
done

Works fine but I need to figure out how to prevent it blocking the Omarchy background scripts

This is the systemctl service file

[Unit]
Description=Battery Brightness Watcher
After=hyprland-session.target
Wants=hyprland-session.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/kristof/.config/scripts/battery-brightness-watcher.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

# Make sure session bus will be found:
Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/%U/bus
# (Optional: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR mostly /run/user/%U)
#Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%U

# Call Wayland variables only when necessary; DISPLAY=:0 is not needed in Wayland.
#Environment=DISPLAY=:0
#Environment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0

# (Make sure the script itself is executed with the right permissions; 
#  User is already in group video for Brightness.)
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[Pintjebier]

I have found a way to automate hyprsunset with the AUR package sunsetr-bin 😃

[jardahrazdera]

I have found a way to automate hyprsunset with the AUR package sunsetr-bin 😃

Nice discovery. Really useful.

[Pintjebier]

I have found a way to automate hyprsunset with the AUR package sunsetr-bin 😃

Nice discovery. Really useful.

No problem 😊

Hopefully this AUR package will be integrated in Omarchy one day 😉

[jardahrazdera]

I have found a way to automate hyprsunset with the AUR package sunsetr-bin 😃

Nice discovery. Really useful.

No problem 😊

Hopefully this AUR package will be integrated in Omarchy one day 😉

I hope so. Why invent something invented, right?