From d11d080c946853d24f36d9ca832c293d32a5f921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cilly Leang <mini@cilly.moe>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:43:04 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] system/packages-gui: move light to brightnessctl in home

---
 modules/system/packages-gui.nix |  1 -
 modules/user/hypridle.nix       | 12 ++++++------
 users/rin/packages.nix          |  1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/system/packages-gui.nix b/modules/system/packages-gui.nix
index 77eb510..d853c40 100644
--- a/modules/system/packages-gui.nix
+++ b/modules/system/packages-gui.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       libva-vdpau-driver
       libvdpau-va-gl
     ];
-    programs.light.enable = true;
     hardware.opentabletdriver.enable = true;
     hardware.keyboard.qmk.enable = true;
     programs.steam = {
diff --git a/modules/user/hypridle.nix b/modules/user/hypridle.nix
index 68203b1..af7af86 100644
--- a/modules/user/hypridle.nix
+++ b/modules/user/hypridle.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
-  kblight = "light -s sysfs/leds/${config.me.kbBacklightDevice}";
+  kblight = "brightnessctl -d ${config.me.kbBacklightDevice}";
 in
 {
   home.packages = [ config.services.hypridle.package ];
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ in
       listener = lib.optionals (config.me.kbBacklightDevice != null) [
         {
           timeout = 120;
-          on-timeout = "${kblight} -O && ${kblight} -S 0";
-          on-resume = "${kblight} -I";
+          on-timeout = "${kblight} -s && ${kblight} 0";
+          on-resume = "${kblight} -r";
         }
       ] ++ [
         {
           timeout = 150;
-          on-timeout = "light -O && light -T 0.5";
-          on-resume = "light -I";
+          on-timeout = "brightnessctl -s && brightnessctl 50%-";
+          on-resume = "brightnessctl -r";
         }
         {
           timeout = 180;
-          on-timeout = "light -I && loginctl lock-session";
+          on-timeout = "brightnessctl -r && loginctl lock-session";
         }
         {
           timeout = 195;
diff --git a/users/rin/packages.nix b/users/rin/packages.nix
index d29d22b..c2569c7 100644
--- a/users/rin/packages.nix
+++ b/users/rin/packages.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ in {
     nodePackages_latest.pnpm
   ] ++ lib.optionals config.me.gui [
     android-studio
+    brightnessctl
     drawio
     element-desktop
     evince