I have multiple issues with Redshift.
The first issue has to do with two Redshift instances running simultaneously. There are five processes in GNOME System Monitor as seen in this image, but I think that there are two instances because I see two icons in the system tray as shown here, and both act like two instances. E.g., if I place my redshift.conf
file in ~/.config
then reboot, the two will fight each other, continuously changing from red to no red during the day.
However, if I install Redshift afresh, there's only one instance. The problem arises when I reboot.
The next issue has to do with my redshift.conf
file. I've set it up correctly, with the right lat and lon, both negative because I live in the Americas. But, the redness effect is applied during the day regardless. This happens with one Redshift instance. I've described above what happens with two.
And lastly, Redshift comes back after I close it, even with autostart disabled. E.g., if I click on "Quit," the redness effect goes away if any, the icon in the system tray disappears, then a new one comes up and so does the redness effect if applicable. This happens when there are two instances and when there's only one instance.
A few things worth noting are that I'm on Lubuntu 21.04 and I installed the status icon program to control Redshift and Redshift itself via Discover.
Also, here's the content of the redshift.conf
file:
[redshift]
; Set the day and night screen temperatures
temp-day=5800
temp-night=4800
; Enable/Disable a smooth transition between day and night
; 0 will cause a direct change from day to night screen temperature.
; 1 will gradually increase or decrease the screen temperature
transition=1
; Set the screen brightness. Default is 1.0
;brightness=0.9
; It is also possible to use different settings for day and night since version 1.8.
;brightness-day=0.7
;brightness-night=0.4
; Set the screen gamma (for all colors, or each color channel individually)
gamma=0.9
;gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8
; Set the location-provider: 'geoclue', 'gnome-clock', 'manual'
; type 'redshift -l list' to see possible values
; The location provider settings are in a different section.
location-provider=manual
; Set the adjustment-method: 'randr', 'vidmode'
; type 'redshift -m list' to see all possible values
; 'randr' is the preferred method, 'vidmode' is an older API
; but works in some cases when 'randr' does not.
; The adjustment method settings are in a different section.
adjustment-method=randr
; Configuration of the location-provider:
; type 'redshift -l PROVIDER:help' to see the settings
; e.g. 'redshift -l manual:help'
[manual]
lat=-35
lon=-55
; Configuration of the adjustment-method
; type 'redshift -m METHOD:help' to see the settings
; ex: 'redshift -m randr:help'
; In this example, randr is configured to adjust screen 1.
; Note that the numbering starts from 0, so this is actually the second screen.
[randr]
screen=0
Any ideas?
redshift
(orredshift-gtk
|redshift-qt
) to an autostart have you? as it has a 'autostart' feature, where if both are utilized, there will be two running (one you started; the one as consequence of telling redshift to autostart itself). As for lat/long, I didn't understand the +/- values so just used whatever I found worked for me (trial and error as details search engines provided didn't match they way redshift conf file wanted it)redshift.conf
file in~/.config
. However, the outcome is nearly the same. The screen still continuously switches between red and no red during the day. This time, only one icon appears in the system tray. Also, instead of five processes running in the background, there are three. One of them is named "redshift-gtk" while the other two are named "redshift." @guivercredshift-gtk
(or redshift-qt) as I'm not sure what you mean. I like having a redshift icon on my panel so I can disable it when I need to concentrate and the redshift is working against that. If you startredshift-qt
for example (or -gtk) it'll startredshift
itself... so do not start a GUI tool (redshift-gtk for example) and the backend
redshift` as that will result in two running (the GUI frontend will start it's own redshift backend). I'd suggest checking manual.lubuntu.me/stable/3/3.2/3.2.13/session_settings.html and what you have autostarting.