[Question] monitor does not support DDC. Will it work?

[aas2116]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Id like to use clight but my monitor does not support ddc. Wondering if it will still work or if DDC is the only method to change brightness.

Describe the solution you'd like
Does clight support alternative methods to adjust brightnes (e.g. xrandr)?

Describe alternatives you've considered
I have built a simple bash script which adjusts brightness using xrandr using a cronjob based on time of day, but it does not use any input (and therefore is not great).

[FedeDP]

Hi! Well, is your monitor an external one, right? In that case, if DDC is not supported, there is not much we can do...
I do not support xrandr right now, but i might think about adding support for it in Clightd!
Can you open a feature request on Clightd to track it? :) Thank you very much!

[FedeDP]

Hi! I am working on a Clightd branch for this; i think it is very cool indeed (and i use it myself on my TV, since it does not support DDC protocol!)
You can follow its development here: https://github.com/FedeDP/Clightd/tree/new/backlight_backends

[FedeDP]

The Clightd feature is now available in master (not yet released). Care to test?
Thank you very much!

[FedeDP]

The feature was released with Clightd 5.8, i will close this one!