Screen brightness

[ToddAndMargo]

On 12/22/24 12:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> PS:
> 
> I couldn't resist :D. I don't like chat AIs. As for "sudo apt install",
> I should have mentioned Fedora.
> 
> • rocketmouse at archlinux ~
> $ tgpt --provider duckduckgo "I have a new monitor.  The screen it too bright.  I have the setting on the side of the monitor set to 0 for brightness. It went down but is still too bright. Is there a way in Xfce to set the brightness lower?"
>            
> Yes, you can adjust the brightness of your monitor in Xfce using a few different methods. Here are some options you can try:
> 
> 1. **Using the Display Settings:**
>     - Go to the **Settings Manager** in Xfce.
>     - Click on **Display**.
>     - Look for a brightness slider and adjust it to your preference.
> 
> 2. **Using the Terminal:**
>     - You can use the xrandr command to adjust the brightness. Open a terminal and type the following command:
>       
>       xrandr --output <your-output-name> --brightness <value>
>       ```
>       Replace <your-output-name> with the name of your display output (you can find this by running xrandr without any arguments) and <value> with a number between 0 (completely dark)
>   and 1 (full brightness). For example, to set the brightness to 50%, you would use:
>       
>       xrandr --output HDMI-1 --brightness 0.5
>       ```
> 
> 3. **Using a Third-Party Tool:**
>     - You can install a tool like brightnessctl or light to manage brightness more effectively. You can install them using your package manager. For example, to install brightnessctl,
>   you can run:
>       
>       sudo apt install brightnessctl
>       ```
>       After installation, you can adjust the brightness using:
>       
>       brightnessctl set 50%
>       ```
> 
> 4. **Editing Configuration Files:**
>     - If you want to make a permanent change, you can edit your display manager's configuration files, but this is more advanced and may vary based on your setup.
> 
> Try these methods, and you should be able to lower the brightness of your monitor further.

Ha!  You used search.brave.com.  I did and got the same results.
I downloaded brightnessctl and found out it only adjusted
a laptop's lighted keys, etc. not my monitor.

Seems to me that as time goes on , the AI assisted searches
only get worse.