1XBACKLIGHT(1)               General Commands Manual              XBACKLIGHT(1)
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NAME

6       xbacklight - adjust backlight brightness using RandR extension
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SYNOPSIS

9       xbacklight [-help]  [-display display] [-get] [-set percent] [-inc per‐
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DESCRIPTION

13       Xbacklight is used to adjust the backlight brightness where  supported.
14       It  finds  all  outputs on the X server supporting backlight brightness
15       control and changes them all in the same way.
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17       -get   Print out the current backlight brightness of each  output  with
18              such a control. The brightness is represented as a percentage of
19              the maximum brightness supported.
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21       -set percent
22              Sets each backlight brightness to the specified level.
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24       -inc percent
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30       -help  Print out a summary of the usage and exit.
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32       -time milliseconds
33              Length of time to spend fading the backlight between old and new
34              value.  Default is 200.
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36       -steps number
37              Number of steps to take while fading. Default is 20.
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SEE ALSO

40       Xrandr(3)
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AUTHORS

43       Keith Packard, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Corporation.
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47X Version 11                   xbacklight 1.1.2                  XBACKLIGHT(1)