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Adjust the screen backlight from the commandline. | |||
= Documentation = | |||
<blockquote> | |||
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| <code>man xbacklight</code> || https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/xorg-xbacklight/xbacklight.1.en | |||
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|} | |||
</blockquote><!-- Documentation --> | |||
= Install = | |||
<blockquote> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
pacman -S xorg-xbacklight | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Install --> | |||
= Usage = | |||
<blockquote> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
xbacklight -set 40 | xbacklight -set 40 | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Usage --> | |||
= Troubleshooting = | |||
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== Wrong Display == | |||
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If xbacklight is unable to determine the display (or chooses the wrong one), | |||
you can configure the correct one in your Xorg.conf | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="dosini"> | |||
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf | |||
Section "Device" | |||
Identifier "Card0" | |||
Driver "intel" | |||
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight" # <-- /sys/class/backlight/${DIRNAME} | |||
EndSection | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
</blockquote><!-- Wrong Display --> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Troubleshooting --> | |||
Latest revision as of 01:40, 17 April 2022
Adjust the screen backlight from the commandline.
Documentation
man xbacklighthttps://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/xorg-xbacklight/xbacklight.1.en
Install
pacman -S xorg-xbacklight
Usage
xbacklight -set 40
Troubleshooting
Wrong Display
If xbacklight is unable to determine the display (or chooses the wrong one), you can configure the correct one in your Xorg.conf
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight" # <-- /sys/class/backlight/${DIRNAME} EndSection
