Change brightness through commandline

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k0tuk

Change brightness through commandline

Post by k0tuk »

Hi!

is it possible to change brightness through the command line? I have tried xbacklight, but it doesn`t work with my Acer Aspire 7720G.
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terrorblader

Re: Change brightness through commandline

Post by terrorblader »

Works fine for me (Aspire 5720Z)
Tried:

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xbacklight -inc 10
and works fine
k0tuk

Re: Change brightness through commandline

Post by k0tuk »

No outputs have backlight property

that`s what terminal says :)
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