Newbie needs some help with screen brightness

[anavgjoe]

Hi,

I am relatively new to Linux. I wanted to get some modernish usage out of my machine (X86_32 , 800Mhz , 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD) And I through trying some other linux distros and discussions, landed on TinyCore. After installation, I noticed that my screen is quite dim, and I wanted to adjust it, however there was no setting for it. I did some basic research, and there was discussion on this, but it pertained to command line and xorg and other terms I'm unfamilar with. Any help or links to threads on this?

Thanks

[CentralWare]

@anavgjoe: With almost no hardware specs to go on pertaining to your actual problem (your screen) nobody will likely have immediate answers of where to begin, but there's a universal method to try first...  the MONITOR's built in settings.

On most monitors there's a button (or remote control setting) for screen BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST regardless if you're using Win, Linux, etc.  I'd recommend starting there.
If brightness is already 100% I'd then suggest trying to install Win on it - but just go to the starting screen where it asks you about installation details.  If THIS screen is also dim, you probably have a problem with the monitor itself, the monitor's CABLE between it and the computer OR the computer's graphics port/card (to be tested in that order.)

If you're POSITIVE the screen is in complete, working condition, we'd need to know what type/brand of graphics card and monitor you're using.

[neonix]

If you use acceleraded GPU driver you could use flux or xrandr.