Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:27:41 -0500 From: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, gurenchan@gmail.com Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers screen brightness and back light Message-ID: <201609280627.u8S6RfXq002303@sdf.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEn6xCz6xxGJm=MniBzosYeOU6rCRFmePdcJGVv6YjRkVA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALM2mEn6xCz6xxGJm=MniBzosYeOU6rCRFmePdcJGVv6YjRkVA@mail.gmail.com>
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blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote:
[much stuff deleted --SB]
>
> I use redshift and passing redshift -t x:x -b[0.0-1.0] allows some
> brightness controls but then xrandr has to warm up and go from a cool color
> screen to a warmer color then it adjusts the brightness.
>
>
> There's also xrandr --ouput ACTIVE_DEVICE -brightness [0.0-1.0] this seems
> to work but it won't work while redshift is working. They seem to fight for
> control of the display then redshift takes control and the screen goes back
> to somewhat full brightness.
>
>
> Is there a more efficient way to control the screen brightness?
Have you tried x11/xbrightness yet? It doesn't provide a way to retrieve
the current setting, but it does let you set the brightness on a scale of 0 -
65535.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
P.O. Box 772
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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