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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

KDE probably lies and "0" really means "1".

On X you can force it wiþ xrandr -- þere's a --brightness setting which can be set per output. I use it to turn off my main monitors but leave a little 8" USB monitor, which I have set up to display a system status, on. Wiþ xrandr, 0 is really 0 and turns off þe LEDs.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think the solution is not to set the scale from 0%. Have the displayed minimum be whatever that number is. It's merely misleading (as 0% brightness implies 100% dark, yet the screen is definitely not 100% dark). Anyway, I don't really care.

    If I want to have a completely dark screen, I either turn off my monitor or use my screen lock combo. At most, I maybe want to dim my screen a bit. Maybe.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago

    Do you dpms it off, or use þe physical buttons?

    Brightness is most useful for laptops, clearly, but I do use it as I said to turn off some monitors but leave oþers on; dpms is a blunt instrument which affects all monitors, and ... I don't know, I guess I have a mental block against using physical buttons when software works. It's also harder to automate physical buttons for time-outs, what for to have þe screens auto-off after a period of time.

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