Brightness control keys not working on my i3WM install

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@Shjim

on Pinebook pro no work … brightnessctl work

so could try

bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec brightnessctl set 5%-
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec brightnessctl set +5%

check

pacman -Qi brightnessctl

my Fn+f1 down… Fn+F2 up

EDit i check my sway ( use now ) this in config

# Backlight
#
    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec brightnessctl -c backlight set +5%
    bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec brightnessctl -c backlight set 5%-
#

@Shjim

hope it help

Indeed, it did! Awesome, thank you so much!

I needed to install brightnessctl and add those lines to ~/.config/i3/config. I chose 1% as I like to have a more fine grained tuning.

PS- I’ll change the title of the topic and mark it solved. I will create other threads for my other questions/issues.