fixed backlight and volume controls with i3

dotfiles/i3/.conkyrc

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-background           no
-out_to_console       yes
-out_to_x             no
-update_interval      1
-total_run_times      0
-short_units          yes
-pad_percents         3
-use_spacer           left
-seporator_block_width 0
-override_utf8_locale yes
-
-TEXT
-,[\
-  {"full_text": "↑", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "${upspeed eth0}", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "↓", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "${downspeed eth0}", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "||", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "$mem", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "■", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "$cpubar", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "≈", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "⌛", "color":"\#E8E8D3", "separator": false },\
-  {"full_text": "${time %I:%M %m/%d}", "color":"\#799D6A", "separator": false }\
-]

dotfiles/i3/.i3status.conf

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-general {
-        colors = true
-	color_good = '#88b090'
-	color_degraded = '#ccdc90'
-	color_bad = '#e89393'
-        interval = 1
-}
-
-order += "volume master"
-#order += "ipv6"
-order += "disk /"
-#order += "run_watch DHCP"
-#order += "run_watch VPN"
-#order += "wireless wlan0"
-#order += "ethernet eth0"
-#order += "battery 0"
-#order += "cpu_temperature 0"
-order += "load"
-order += "cpu_usage 0"
-order += "time"
-
-wireless wlan0 {
-        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip"
-        format_down = "W: down"
-}
-
-ethernet eth0 {
-        # if you use %speed, i3status requires root privileges
-        format_up = "%ip"
-	format_down = "E: down"
-}
-
-battery 0 {
-        format = "%status %percentage %remaining"
-}
-
-run_watch DHCP {
-        pidfile = "/var/run/dhclient*.pid"
-}
-
-run_watch VPN {
-        pidfile = "/var/run/vpnc/pid"
-}
-
-time {
-	format = " %a, %m %e %l:%M %p"
-}
-
-load {
-	format = " %1min "
-}
-
-cpu_usage {
-        format = " %usage "
-}
-
-cpu_temperature 0 {
-	format = " %degrees °C"
-}
-
-disk "/" {
-	format = " %free "
-}
-
-volume master {
-    format = " %volume "
-    device = "default"
-    mixer = "Master"
-    mixer_idx = 0
-}

dotfiles/i3/config

@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ bar {
 }
 
 # volume and audio
-bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec vol -10
-bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec vol +10
-bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec xbacxlight -dec 10
-bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec xbacxlight -inc 10
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%- && killall -USR1 i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+ && killall -USR1 i3status
+bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec xbacklight -dec 10
+bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec xbacklight -inc 10
 
 # augment mouse
 bindsym $mod+a exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- -10 0

setup.sh

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ check_exists "i3"
 check_exists "tmux"
 check_exists "vim"
 check_exists "compton"
+check_exists "amixer"
+check_exists "xbacklight"
 
 echo "Copying dotfiles..."
 cd dotfiles