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Old 12-14-2004, 05:35 PM   #1
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Is there any way to configure the screen brightnes(other then onboard scree controls)

My screen is a little dark, on windows I can brighten it up but is it possible on Linux? I'm using Debian>GNOME.
 
Old 12-14-2004, 05:56 PM   #2
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Hi.

You can set the gamma on Linux with:
xgamma -gamma X
where X is a number (1.4 looks good for my particular monitor, but it's different for every one).

Play with the 'X' value. The optimum is usually between 1.2 and 1.8.

Dave
 
Old 12-15-2004, 09:34 AM   #3
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Cool, this works.
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