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How to change the brightness of the screen in puppy 4.2.1 ?
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elglobie

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PostPosted: Sun 23 Aug 2009, 14:38    Post subject:  How to change the brightness of the screen in puppy 4.2.1 ?  
When I right-click the screen nothing comes up like it would in windows ...
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Pence

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PostPosted: Mon 24 Aug 2009, 09:44    Post subject:  
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disciple

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PostPosted: Mon 24 Aug 2009, 17:25    Post subject:  
Most people use the hardware controls on their monitor.
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I don't know if this still works.

I don't think 4.x versions of puppy include tkgamma, although you should still be able to install it or something similar.
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mikeb


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PostPosted: Mon 24 Aug 2009, 19:08    Post subject:  
puppy 4 does not include xgamma...a saving of 6.5k...wow

so I will attach it..put in say /usr/bin

in a teminal
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xgamma

shows current setting
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xgamma -gamma 1.2

ups the brightness...1.0 is default
add to /root/.xinitrc to apply each boot

mike

ps only works if using xorg
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disciple

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PostPosted: Tue 25 Aug 2009, 02:34    Post subject:  
It doesn't work on a lot of on-board video cards even if you are using Xorg... which is silly when Windows can control gamma on the same cards Sad
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mikeb


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PostPosted: Tue 25 Aug 2009, 07:46    Post subject:  
It's all a bit silly ..eg I have a flat screen and is too bright even with its own controls set to minimum...and xvesa has no apparant control option...without xgamma puppy would be unuseable on it (or any other linux?)...such a basic need to be lacking is erm...well lost for words

mike
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