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After years of that little 19' Acer monitor opportunity knocked and I switched to a bigger monitor, my T.V.:-
A few days ago I hooked up my 26' Vizio T.V. to my Slackware box.
All I had to do was disconnect the 15 pin cable from the Acer that was connected to my GPU and plug it into the RGB pc slot on my Vizio.
Linux ROCKS on this T.V. for a monitor but certain pages are blinding!
If it wasn't for the dark pc glasses that I wear I'd probably be 1/2 blind by now. lol
Usually TVs have brightness settings that are accessible via the remote or buttons on the monitor. I'm not sure if it's possible to control it via your computer.
A friend and I went through the Menu together and found a Setting for the Picture.
The brightness was set to 50% so I had him adjusted it all the way down to 1% and now the screen on white pages aren't so bad anymore.
I'd still like to know if there is software for this.
I found an article that was Windows related. There is a program called Screen Tinter Lite. So I'll head over to Alternative to and see if there is a Linux alternative app:-
If I find one I'll post it.
Oh yeah, those plastic film covers that fit over pc monitors and the like are between $50.00 and $200.00 dollars.
The one company that makes them is called Low Blue Lights.
xrandr has a pseudo brightness control that might work for your TV. E.g.:
Code:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --brightness 0.4
From the man page:
Quote:
--brightness brightness
Multiply the gamma values on the crtc currently attached to the
output to specified floating value. Useful for overly bright or
overly dim outputs. However, this is a software only modifica‐
tion, if your hardware has support to actually change the
brightness, you will probably prefer to use xbacklight.
Maybe xbacklight would work too, but I don't know of a way to specify a monitor for xbacklight.
It doesn't need to be HDMI. That was just my guess. You can use xrandr -q to find out the names of the monitors available.
Oh, ok:-
Code:
bash-4.3$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1360 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
DisplayPort-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-1 connected 1360x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 575mm x 323mm
1360x768 60.02*+
1024x768 75.08 70.07 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 75.00 60.32
640x480 75.00 60.00
720x400 70.08
1024 x 768 shows on the screen when Grub boots.
I'll have to due some reading over the weekend as I've never use xrandr or xbacklight before. And re-read the flags on the man page to manipulate things.
I think I know why Red Shift won't launch. It's Gnome based and there is nothing Gnome on my Slack box.
I'm not a fan of Gnome.
Another possibility worth considering is investing in an HDMI cable assuming your monitor and graphics card have them. I have a 32" Vizio and an nVidia GTX 760 and there is very noticeable improvement using HDMI. This is not merely anecdotal as the comparison is well-documented even if HDMI's days are numbered thanks to USB 3.1.
Another possibility worth considering is investing in an HDMI cable assuming your monitor and graphics card have them. I have a 32" Vizio and an nVidia GTX 760 and there is very noticeable improvement using HDMI. This is not merely anecdotal as the comparison is well-documented even if HDMI's days are numbered thanks to USB 3.1.
Yeah I plan on picking up a HDMI cable and this Vizio has an HDMI slot.
I think I'd like having sound from the T.V. rather than the sound coming from the speaker I have.
bash-4.3$ xbacklight -get
No outputs have backlight property
Trying to run "xbacklight -dec percent" should allow me to decrease the brightness by a specified amount. However it doesn't work for me because there aren't any outputs for the backlight property.
I'm happy with the brightness setting on my Vizio now and it's no longer blinding.
Thank you all for your help and support.
I'm just trying to help. You could be friendlier with responding. You never make a mistake? You never miss an answer and are all knowing? Why even post the question? Because apparently you already know. I've been using TV's on computers for DECADES. But all I want to tell you now is: RTFM!
I'm just trying to help. You could be friendlier with responding. You never make a mistake? You never miss an answer and are all knowing? Why even post the question? Because apparently you already know. I've been using TV's on computers for DECADES. But all I want to tell you now is: RTFM!
I was being brief because of time. I have a lot going on and was helping other members in the Forums.
I was not trying to be offensive or unappreciative of your time.
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