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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: sanyika on October 28, 2014, 04:31:43 PM

Title: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on October 28, 2014, 04:31:43 PM

Hi, pleased to meet you!

My first post.

The screen is so bright that it hurts my eyes, it is impossible for me to work.

Could you help me get over it?

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: gerald_clark on October 28, 2014, 04:38:28 PM

Turn it down.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: Misalf on October 28, 2014, 05:05:44 PM

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xrandr --output LVDS1 --brightness 0.5
Your "output" might be another display. I think it's "default" on Xvesa.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: jls on October 28, 2014, 05:51:41 PM

sanyika, also for me nice to "meet" you
e17/8/9 DE have an icon for adjusting the brightness

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on October 29, 2014, 03:44:15 PM

The effect of the command "xrandr --output LVDS1 --brightness 0.5" on the screen was that my eyes had begun hurting anew.

What the "e17/8/9 DE" means, even Google don't understand.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: jls on October 30, 2014, 03:12:19 AM

Hi sanyika
do u know the meaning of "/" ?

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on October 30, 2014, 03:27:27 PM

Hi there Jls_legalize,

and thank for the assistance.

Yes, certainly.

"/" is slash, the inverse of the "\" backslash.

/ indicates root in linux file system.

"e17/8/9 DE" means an application, somewhere, possibly.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: Misalf on October 30, 2014, 03:42:28 PM

jls_legalize was talking about the enlightenment (http://www.enlightenment.org) Desktop Environment version 17, 18 and 19. Also referred to as E17, E18 etc.
However, I think, at least for TinyCore x86, there no working version in the repo.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on October 31, 2014, 01:19:58 PM

Misalf,

I'd like to thank your, but neither inefficient xrandr nor missing eDE solve my HP G62 laptop brightness annoyance.

Otherwise Tiny Core, Hungarian "kis mag", Latin "parvum semen" appeal to me very much.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on November 05, 2014, 02:25:28 PM

I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me turn the light down a little.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: bmarkus on November 05, 2014, 02:30:43 PM

Yo did not provide any details, like is it a desktop monitor, notebook, make, type, how does it behave with Windoes, other distros, etc. How do you expect a solution?

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on November 05, 2014, 03:20:20 PM

Thank for the reply.

HP G62 laptop.

I am currently using Puppy Linux, with installed Redshift.

The laptop 'f2' and 'f3's, turning down and up the light, ineffective keys in Tiny Core, an excess of light hurts my eyes, so I couldn't tweak it.

I have read DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 295, 23 March 2009 interview with Robert Shingledecker, liked it.


 

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: Misalf on November 05, 2014, 04:23:30 PM

For me the Fn keys (incl. brightness) work on my netbook (except volume).
Maybe try  Xorg-7.7.tcz  (in case you're on Xvesa currently) and/or  laptop-mode-tools.tcz  on-boot plus the  laptop  boot code.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: curaga on November 06, 2014, 03:11:42 AM

Sorry, but there are thousands of "HP G62" laptops. You really need to post useful specs.

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: sanyika on November 06, 2014, 02:16:38 PM

Misalf,

do you mean I will download  Xorg-7.7.tcz, and then 'xrandr --output LVDS1 --brightness 0.5' follows at the terminal?

Title: Re: dazzling screen
Post by: Misalf on November 06, 2014, 05:45:51 PM

Yes, might be worth a try.
You might have to create and configure  /etc/X11/xorg.conf , in order for X to work correctly with your video card. Maybe you can copy the one from PuppyLinux.
Depending on what video card you have, you might also need an extension with the respective video driver (f.e.  xf86-video-intel.tcz  and maybe  graphics-3.8.13.tcz ).