FWIW, iio-sensor-proxy gives you a user-accessible dbus API for ambient light sensors. GNOME has had a feature to auto-adjust screen brightness based on it for ages (though their implementation leave much to be desired and hasn't changed despite of several attempts to rework it over the years).
$ monitor-sensor
Waiting for iio-sensor-proxy to appear
+++ iio-sensor-proxy appeared
=== Has accelerometer (orientation: normal)
=== Has ambient light sensor (value: 56.200000, unit: lux)
=== Has proximity sensor (near: 0)
Light changed: 56.200000 (lux)
Light changed: 55.100000 (lux)
Light changed: 58.500000 (lux)
Light changed: 48.800000 (lux)
What strategy does this apply? For the display I assume it should increases the brightness as the ambient light rises. But for keybord light it's the opposite: I'd want it off in a lit environment and on in a dark one.
FWIW, iio-sensor-proxy gives you a user-accessible dbus API for ambient light sensors. GNOME has had a feature to auto-adjust screen brightness based on it for ages (though their implementation leave much to be desired and hasn't changed despite of several attempts to rework it over the years).
What strategy does this apply? For the display I assume it should increases the brightness as the ambient light rises. But for keybord light it's the opposite: I'd want it off in a lit environment and on in a dark one.
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