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    • herfH
      herf @lorna
      last edited by

      @lorna Right there is a menu in "Extras" that disables the hotkeys.
      Does f.lux "try" to make the screen dim and fail, or does it just not work at all?

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      • TwoCablesT
        TwoCables
        last edited by

        Well he did say "I still have the hotkeys enabled under extras".

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        • lornaL
          lorna
          last edited by

          @TwoCables oh yes.. look at that. facepalm.jpg

          @lorna

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          • S
            supashaka
            last edited by

            yup hotkeys definitely enabed lol.

            Flux doesn't dim the screen at all. (I don't get any type of message, literally nothing happens, whereas it used to work when I 1st installed it)

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            • herfH
              herf
              last edited by

              Is there any chance another app would register the same keys after f.lux?

              Does restarting f.lux help?

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                supashaka @herf
                last edited by

                @herf said:

                ther app would register the same keys after f.lux

                It's mysteriously working again, I didn't install/uninstall anything. How strange! At least it's working again, but out of interest how do you restart flux?

                If you mean uninstall and reinstall I never tried that so it could have possibly helped, if you mean re-booting the system (or shut down) it didn't fix the problem.

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                • TwoCablesT
                  TwoCables @supashaka
                  last edited by TwoCables

                  @supashaka said:

                  @herf said:

                  ther app would register the same keys after f.lux

                  It's mysteriously working again, I didn't install/uninstall anything. How strange! At least it's working again, but out of interest how do you restart flux?

                  If you mean uninstall and reinstall I never tried that so it could have possibly helped, if you mean re-booting the system (or shut down) it didn't fix the problem.

                  Right-click the icon, choose 'Exit f.lux', and then open f.lux again.

                  (when in doubt, right-click the thing you're curious about)

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                  • herfH
                    herf
                    last edited by

                    It could be possible that one app is accepting hotkeys while it's running, and our global one is still running when it's not active.

                    Avoiding all hotkeys other apps use is very hard. :)

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                      sunflowermint
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                      Sorry to necro, but in case anyone else has the same problem as OP, because I have a fix--

                      What is your keyboard layout? Are you using a non-English keyboard? I occasionally have the same problem while using a custom keyboard layout (which I designed in MSKLC to work for multiple languages). I don't believe I've had issues while using a US English or German keyboard, but I haven't been keeping track up to now and I switch often.

                      After I switch to another layout and switch back to my custom keyboard it works again, so I'm not sure exactly what the issue could be. Just something to try if the hotkeys stop working!

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                        Luh Geekem @sunflowermint
                        last edited by

                        Sorry to necro again, but i realzied theres a really simple solution to this problem. Make sure you don't have numlock on... i feel really stupid after downloading 3 other screen dimmers

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                        • TwoCablesT
                          TwoCables @Luh Geekem
                          last edited by

                          @Luh-Geekem

                          Why aren't you using the Page Up and Page Down keys that are above the Arrow Keys instead? So above the arrow keys there's Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down.

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