Dev note

I think there are all my needs covered... in this script.
I have laptops with radeon and nvidia GPUs, but I don't have enough time to support it.
Because I don't use that laptops anymore. (They are backup machines).

Brightness Control

A debian based system tool for screen brightness controll.

Note: Only for intel graphics.

Setup installation path

Default path: /usr/bin

Open file

• Vim: vim ./brightness-control.sh
  
• Gedit: gedit ./brightness-control.sh
  
• Nano: nano ./brightness-control.sh

Setup install path

Set 'INSTALLATION_PATH' variable to your preffer path.

Install

Note: If you want to change default install path, please see Setup install path above!

./brightness-control --install

Uninstall

• ./brightness-control.sh --uninstall
• brightness-control --uninstall (once installed)

Reinstall

Remove and install script (or just install the first time).

./brightness-control.sh --reinstall

Usage (after installation)

Show help

• brightness-control
• brightness-control --help

Set brightness to value (in range 1%~100%)

brightness-control value

Show current brightness

brightness-control --show

Setup brightness up/down

Note: This option read enviroment variable BRIGHTNESS_CTRL_STEP or (when undefined) internal BRIGHTNESS_CTRL_DEFAULT_STEP.

• brightness-control --up
• brightness-control --down

Enviroment Variables

Note: Setup this at /home/USER_FOLDER/.bashrc

BRIGHTNESS_CTRL_STEP:

Control how much much change screen brightness with --down and --up options.

export BRIGHTNESS_CTRL_STEP=STEP_VALUE