openrazer-daemon(8)         System Manager's Manual        openrazer-daemon(8)

NAME
       openrazer-daemon - Daemon to manage Razer devices in userspace

SYNOPSIS
       openrazer-daemon [options...]

DESCRIPTION
       openrazer-daemon is a userspace service which is designed to be an
       intermediary between userspace programs and the Razer drivers. It will
       provide some higher level functions to allow similar operation to the
       Windows Razer Synapse program. This service is designed to be started
       by xdg-autostart as a session service.

       The service has the functionality to sync effects between multiple
       devices, perform on-the-fly macro recording and playback and
       reimplements the FN+Keys logic so they work when macro_keys are
       enabled. The service can also perform various ripple effects and turn
       off the devices when the screensaver is active.

       Note, that all paths shown as defaults, eg ~/.local/share/ or
       ~/.config/ can be changed with XDG Base Directory specification
       variables: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.

OPTIONS
       -v, --verbose
           Enable logging of DEBUG messages.

       -F, --foreground
           Run the daemon in the foreground and don't fork. This also enables
           sending the log output to stdout (in addition to the log file).

       -r, --respawn
           Stop any running daemon first (if one is running) before starting.

       -s, --stop
           Gracefully stop the running daemon.

       --as-root
           Allow the daemon to be started as root.

       --config=config_file
           Specifies the location of the config file. If this is not provided
           it will default to ~/.config/openrazer/razer.conf and create it if
           needed from the example config.

       --persistence=persistence_file
           Specifies the location of the persistence file. This will be
           created if non-existent. This file will store device states so they
           persist between reboots.

       --run-dir=run_directory
           Tells the daemon what directory is its run directory, the directory
           it will change to once started. It will default to
           $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, if not set it falls back to
           ~/.local/share/openrazer/.

       --log-dir=log_directory
           This argument decides where the log directory will be, the daemon
           itself will handle log rotation as it's a user session service. The
           daemon will default to ~/.local/share/openrazer/logs/ for its log
           directory.

       --test-dir=test_dir
           If provided the daemon will operate in test-driver mode in which it
           exposes devices that aren't physically connected. Use
           scripts/create_fake_device.py or scripts/setup_fake_devices.sh from
           the source repository to create the directory structure.

DOCUMENTATION
       The full and most up-to-date documentation can be found on our GitHub
       repository at https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer.

SEE ALSO
       razer.conf(5)

                                  2024-07-02               openrazer-daemon(8)