From dda4a1f00f96eec09fb249a7ca163dc1bf95e11f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Harper <duck@duckland.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 17:15:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Chore | replace light with brightnessctl

---
 home/gui/sway.nix             | 12 ++++++------
 hosts/workstation/default.nix |  1 -
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/home/gui/sway.nix b/home/gui/sway.nix
index 058075a..abb27bf 100644
--- a/home/gui/sway.nix
+++ b/home/gui/sway.nix
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
     bindsym Control+Shift+F1 exec --no-startup-id control-music --prev
 
     # Brightness
-    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec light -U 10
-    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec light -A 10
-    bindsym Control+Shift+F5 exec light -U 10
-    bindsym Control+Shift+F6 exec light -A 10
+    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec brightnessctl set 10-
+    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec brightnessctl set +10
+    bindsym Control+Shift+F5 exec brightnessctl set 10-
+    bindsym Control+Shift+F6 exec brightnessctl set +10
 
     # Volume
     bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5%
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@
             device = "intel_backlight";
             format = "{icon} {percent}%";
             format-alt-click = "click-right";
-            on-scroll-down = "${pkgs.light}/bin/light -A 1";
-            on-scroll-up = "${pkgs.light}/bin/light -U 1";
+            on-scroll-down = "${pkgs.brightnessctl}/bin/brightnessctl set +1";
+            on-scroll-up = "${pkgs.brightnessctl}/bin/brightnessctl set 1-";
           };
           "custom/toggle-sink" = {
             format = "sink";
diff --git a/hosts/workstation/default.nix b/hosts/workstation/default.nix
index aa47d06..98efa66 100644
--- a/hosts/workstation/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/workstation/default.nix
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ in {
 
   programs = {
     dconf = {enable = true;};
-    light = {enable = true;};
     mtr = {enable = true;};
     kdeconnect = {enable = true;};
     gnupg = {