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| author |   Thyr <thyr@airmail.cc> | 2018-04-20 19:56:12 +0700 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2018-04-20 19:56:36 +0700 |
| commit | fd1d52b294c91da277408df1e1ceffa42dba1a96 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a555d2cb7ec7e62b8ec5bf03b45ab1d7113fd2c /system/ddcutil/README | |
| parent | e93c2f04471827abfd59b753f0596fdddeada21e (diff) | |
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system/ddcutil: Added (change monitor setings).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/ddcutil/README b/system/ddcutil/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d1c351c8f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/ddcutil/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +ddcutil is a Linux program for querying and changing monitor settings, +such as brightness and color levels. + +ddcutil primarily uses DDC/CI (Display Data Channel Command Interface) +to communicate with monitors implementing MCCS (Monitor Control Command +Set) over I2C. Normally, the video driver for the monitor exposes the +I2C channel as devices named /dev/i2c-n. + +Use the following commands in order to be able to use ddcutil as a +regular user: + + # cp /usr/share/ddcutil/data/45-ddcutil-i2c.rules /etc/udev/rules.d + # groupadd -r i2c + # usermod -aG i2c your_username_here |