Adjusting contrast and gamma in Ubuntu

whois1230 · 12-27-2020, 02:47 PM

Hello, I am running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a Lenovo Ideapad 110 laptop. I want to adjust the screen contrast and gamma. Is there a GUI to do this, or do I need to do it from the terminal?

pan64 · 12-28-2020, 08:28 AM

probably: https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol

ondoho · 12-28-2020, 01:28 PM

A quick solution could be to use xgamma (if you run Xorg that is).

lvm_ · 12-29-2020, 06:28 AM

Depends on the desktop environment. KDE has a GUI (system settings-hardware-display&monitor-gamma), in gnome you can do it via custom colour profiles or via command line (xrandr --gamma)

whois1230 · 12-30-2020, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

probably: https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol

Hello, I installed the program from official packages:

Code:

user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo apt install ddccontrol gddccontrol ddccontrol-db i2c-tools
[sudo] password for user: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-42 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-45
  linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-47 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-48
  linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-51 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-52
  linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-53 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-54
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libddccontrol0 libi2c0 libx86-1 read-edid
Suggested packages:
  libi2c-dev python-smbus
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ddccontrol ddccontrol-db gddccontrol i2c-tools libddccontrol0 libi2c0
  libx86-1 read-edid
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
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user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo gddccontrol
Gtk-Message: 11:11:12.928: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/user/.ddccontrol/monitorlist"
Document not parsed successfully.
Probing for available monitorsI/O warning : failed to load external entity "/usr/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/BOE0684.xml"
Document not parsed successfully.
............
Invalid response, first byte is 0x09, should be 0x6e
0000: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0010: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0020: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0030: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0040: 09 09 09                                        | ...             
Invalid response, first byte is 0x09, should be 0x6e
0000: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0010: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0020: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0030: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0040: 09 09 09                                        | ...             
Invalid response, first byte is 0x09, should be 0x6e
0000: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0010: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0020: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0030: 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 | ................
0040: 09 09 09                                        | ...             
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/usr/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/BOE0684.xml"
Document not parsed successfully.
Error while reading ddccontrol home directory.: Resource temporarily unavailable

(gddccontrol:5231): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:11:50.441: IA__gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo apt-get update ddccontrol-db
E: The update command takes no arguments
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$

I tried to update, but it failed. When I run

Code:

sudo gddccontrol

to launch the GUI, I get this:

pan64 · 12-30-2020, 10:11 AM

yes, unfortunately the database is not really uptodate, you need to create an entry for your own monitor. Usually that means you need to copy an existing config (and rename it), but probably you need to fine tune it.