Framework Toolbox

see the new backlight daemon, available at taotien/prescurve!

Quick and dirty GUI for utilities of the Framework Laptop

Installation

Note: I am new to rust, please look through the code and taste the spaghetti before installation

cargo install --git "https://github.com/taotien/framework_toolbox.git"

Add cargo's bin folder to your desktop environment's PATH.

# do as root
desktop-file-install fwtb.desktop

Copy 90-intel_backlight.udev to /etc/udev/rules.d/.

Add your account to the video group, then run

# do as root
udevadm control --reload

If you want just the auto-brightness

Clone the repo

cargo build --release fwtb-ab

Copy the binary from ./target/{arch}/release

Removal

cargo uninstall fwtb should do the trick. You'll have to find where your distro saves .desktop files to get rid of the shortcut.

Dependencies

• rust
• ectool (DHowett/fw-ectool)
• Polkit/pkexec

Planned Features

• Status monitor using LEDs; battery, temperature, cpu, etc.
• Battery oneshot mode
• Charge rate limiter
• Fan curves

TODO/Need help

• kb auto
• bench autobright cpu consumption
• figure out why leds stay on after shutdown
• check if ectool needs specific options on other distros/allow users to manually change arguments
• cleanup unecessary unwraps and expects
• Windows support
• package binaries
• text input values for sliders
• tray icon => waiting for iced
• use dbus for brightness stuff?
• somehow capture F7/F8 presses to jank re-enable manual brightness while using ambient light sensor
• keyboard remapping
• find better way of communication with "daemon"