update readme with instructions to check for device compatibility

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Alessandro Mauri 2024-10-06 16:49:42 +02:00
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@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Uses the luminance sensor of a laptop to determine a target brightness, the user
can further adjust the brightness between updates to give the program an offset
to respect.
## Check for Support
This program needs an ambient light sensor, you can check if your device has one
by running `cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_illuminance_raw` this should
give a number and not an error
## Install
Copy ambient.py to a directory in PATH: `sudo cp ambient.py /usr/local/bin`