sessionctl - standalone X session manager client
sessionctl [command]
sessionctl is responsible for running a sessiond session and interacting with its DBus service.
- run [SERVICE]
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Run a new session, with SERVICE as the window manager service if provided. By default, the service installed under the window-manager.service alias is used.
- stop
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Stop the running session.
- status
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Show session status.
- lock
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Lock the session.
- unlock
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Unlock the session.
- properties
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List sessiond properties.
- backlight [NAME]
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Interact with backlights. If backlight NAME is given with no options, print brightness. If no arguments are given, list backlights.
Options:
- -s VALUE, --set VALUE
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Set backlight brightness.
- -i VALUE, --inc VALUE
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Increment backlight brightness. Prints the new brightness value.
- audiosink [ID]
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Interact with audio sinks. If audio sink ID is given with no options, print volume and mute state. If no arguments are given, list audio sinks.
Options:
- -s VALUE, --set VALUE
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Set audio sink volume.
- -i VALUE, --inc VALUE
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Increment audio sink volume. Prints the new volume value.
- -m, --mute
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Mute audio sink.
- -u, --unmute
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Unmute audio sink.
- -t, --toggle-mute
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Toggle audio sink mute state. Prints the new mute state.
- version
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Show sessiond version.
James Reed <jcrd@sessiond.org>
Bugs and issues can be reported here: https://github.com/jcrd/sessiond/issues
Copyright 2019-2020 James Reed. sessiond is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
systemctl(1), gdbus(1)