From 129c59dd6312d26352ba0dbb169a0b7833c2f0f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolaos Karaolidis <nick@karaolidis.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:49:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix himalia brightness

Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Karaolidis <nick@karaolidis.com>
---
 .../configs/user/gui/brightnessctl/default.nix  | 17 -----------------
 hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix            |  1 -
 hosts/himalia/hardware/default.nix              |  6 +++++-
 hosts/himalia/hardware/keybinds.nix             |  3 +++
 hosts/himalia/users/nick/default.nix            |  1 -
 hosts/installer/users/nick/default.nix          |  1 +
 6 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 hosts/common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl/default.nix

diff --git a/hosts/common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl/default.nix b/hosts/common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3941701..0000000
--- a/hosts/common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ user, home }:
-{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  users.users.${user}.extraGroups = [
-    "video"
-    "inputs"
-  ];
-
-  home-manager.users.${user}.wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bindle =
-    let
-      brightnessctl = lib.meta.getExe pkgs.brightnessctl;
-    in
-    [
-      ", XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, ${brightnessctl} -q s 5%+"
-      ", XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, ${brightnessctl} -q s 5%-"
-    ];
-}
diff --git a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
index 43d0d44..49ff2d1 100644
--- a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ in
 
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/astal { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/bluetooth { inherit user home; })
-    (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/btop { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/clipbook { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/cliphist { inherit user home; })
diff --git a/hosts/himalia/hardware/default.nix b/hosts/himalia/hardware/default.nix
index 10abd53..ea20a4e 100644
--- a/hosts/himalia/hardware/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/himalia/hardware/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
   };
 
   boot = {
-    kernelParams = [ "pci=noaer" ];
+    kernelParams = [
+      "pci=noaer"
+      "i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1"
+    ];
+
     kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
 
     kernelPatches = [
diff --git a/hosts/himalia/hardware/keybinds.nix b/hosts/himalia/hardware/keybinds.nix
index 17ac04d..dc442cd 100644
--- a/hosts/himalia/hardware/keybinds.nix
+++ b/hosts/himalia/hardware/keybinds.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
     {
       wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings =
         let
+          brightnessctl = lib.meta.getExe pkgs.brightnessctl;
           asusctl = "${pkgs.asusctl}/bin/asusctl";
         in
         {
           bindle = [
+            ", XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, ${brightnessctl} -d intel_backlight -q s 5%+"
+            ", XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, ${brightnessctl} -d intel_backlight -q s 5%-"
             ", XF86KbdBrightnessUp, exec, ${asusctl} -n"
             ", XF86KbdBrightnessDown, exec, ${asusctl} -p"
           ];
diff --git a/hosts/himalia/users/nick/default.nix b/hosts/himalia/users/nick/default.nix
index 4b0255e..53a761b 100644
--- a/hosts/himalia/users/nick/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/himalia/users/nick/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ in
 
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/astal { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/bluetooth { inherit user home; })
-    (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/brightnessctl { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/btop { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/clipbook { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/cliphist { inherit user home; })
diff --git a/hosts/installer/users/nick/default.nix b/hosts/installer/users/nick/default.nix
index e73f23e..cb69723 100644
--- a/hosts/installer/users/nick/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/installer/users/nick/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ in
   imports = [
     (import ../../../common/configs/user { inherit user home; })
 
+    (import ../../../common/configs/user/console/brightnessctl { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/console/btop { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/console/fastfetch { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/console/git { inherit user home; })