xfce4-ddc-plugin

Control your monitor volume and brightness settings ~~from the Xfce panel~~ using hotkeys.

Dependencies

After installing ddcutil, ensure that the udev rules are loaded:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Then, build and install the plugin:

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

"DDC Plugin" should now show up in the available Xfce panel items. To view the plugin logs, run xfce4-panel with G_MESSAGES_DEBUG set:

killall xfce4-panel; G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=xfce4-ddc-plugin xfce4-panel

GPLv3