karuvally / lightup

xbacklight replacement

Lightup

An xbacklight replacement

Introduction

Lightup is a simple utility to change the backlight brightness. It was developed as xbacklight, a utility developed by intel for changing the brightness no longer works.

Installation

• Clone the git repository or download as zip and unzip the contents
• Run ./install.sh as root
• Reboot your machine

Usage

• Run lightup -b BRIGHTNESS_VALUE
• To increment brightness, use lightup -i INCREMENT_VALUE
• To decrement brightness, use lightup -d DECREMENT_VALUE

Alternatives

acpilight is a nice alternative to lightup, and has better capabilities at the moment