(Unfinished) xfce4-panel plugin for controlling software (e.g. RandR) brightness and gamma levels, to be used with old monitors that do not dim to a satisfactory degree.
The build system is not exactly fully functional at the moment but is otherwise usable.
Ensure the following is installed:
- Autoconf
- Automake
- autoconf-archive
- pkg-config
- GTK 3
- libxfce4panel
- libxfce4utils
- libx11
- libxrandr
cd to wherever you cloned this repo to and run:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make -j
A successful build should produce the file libbrightness.so.
To install the plugin:
sudo cp brightness.desktop "$(pkg-config --variable=datarootdir libxfce4panel-2.0)/xfce4/panel/plugins/"
sudo cp libbrightness.so "$(pkg-config --variable=libdir libxfce4panel-2.0)/xfce4/panel/plugins/"
In case if I ever feel like coming back to this:
- Per-monitor brightness/gamma adjustment
- Fix the build system (I hate build systems)
- Investigate Wayland support