[i3] Re: Question about packages in i3 spin + including redshift

[Dan Čermák]

[e-mail] writes:
> On 3/8/21 4:24 PM, Dan Čermák wrote:
> > Eduard Lucena  writes:
> > > > Does brightlight work only on laptops, or also on desktops?
> > >
> > > It should work on desktops too.
> >
> > Note that nearly no desktop has a dimmable background lighting, which
> > makes all kinds of brightness control apps next to useless.
>
> Oh, I actually need to retire brightlight from Fedora. We should remove
> it from the i3 kickstarts.
>
> It was my first package for my old laptop which had a weird backlight
> issue with xbacklight, but there are other tools which should work in
> place of brightlight.

I can warmly recommend brightnesctl, it worked even on my Dell Precision
where xbacklight wouldn't do a thing and I was echo-ing numbers into
/sys/…

Cheers,

Dan