Questions tagged [xcalib]
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Legion 5 washed out colors xcalib invert mode
I have Legion 5 AMD with Linux dual gpu (Nvidia & Intergeated Radeon). I am able to switch my GPU with prime-select to on-demand but the problem is when I use Xcalib to invert screen it gives me ...
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`xcalib -i -a` won't invert colors anymore
I used to use the xcalib -i -a command on my old desktop system running 18.04 with an onboard Intel graphics card. This xcalib -i -a command successfully inverted my system colors.
I just got a fancy ...
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using xcalib -i -a to invert colors in just *one* monitor
For years, using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
xcalib -i -a
would invert the colors of just one monitor on my dual monitor Xorg setup. For that reason, I used both xcalib as well as xrandr-invert-colors, which ...
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xcalib stops working at random Ubuntu 18.04
I have just upgraded my ubuntu (Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, bionic). I am using xcalib -i -a to reverse the colors of my screen. Unfortunately, since the upgrade, something seems to have broken: xcalib stops ...
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what is dependencies, build, installing about apt ? (intalling xrandr-invert-colors)
I want to install xrandr-invert-colors on my ubuntu 18.04 to invert display of laptop and monitor both.
but have no idea what is dependencies, build and how to install it.
Yeah~ I am ubuntu newbie ...
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xcalib error -> unsupported ramp size -> Missing letters in menus and folder names
When issuing xcalib commands I was getting the error Error - unsupported ramp size 0. I was able to fix this by creating the following file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf and placing this text ...
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xcalib error - unsupported ramp size
I'm trying to change the contrast with xcalib with the command xcalib -co 70 but I get the following error:
Error - unsupported ramp size 0
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xcalib only works upon restarting computer
I'm running Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1 LTS on a Dell XPS 13 laptop. After installing xcalib, running "xcalib -i -a" won't invert colors initially; instead, it only works when I set my laptop to sleep then ...
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xcalib -inver -alter does not work with the NVIDIA driver version 364
I have been using xcalib -invert -alter to reverse the colors in my screen. The command works fine with the nouveau driver using the onboard graphics driver. However, when I switch to NVIDIA binary ...
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How to reset xcalib contrast to default without seeing screen?
I installed xcalib to adjust my screen contrast, and I executed this :
xcalib -co 0 -a
Which set my screen contrast to 0 , and now my screen turned dark, and I don't have any clue as to how can I ...
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How could I make my display monochrome?
Let's say I want to simulate on old monochrome gas plasma display on a current-day Ubuntu installation. That could be something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9OQLiwbIU
How could I do ...
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Can I run gcm-calibrate on Xubuntu without installing all of Gnome?
I've got the ColorHug and it's got this nice LiveCD that runs Gnome and runs through a user-friendly monitor calibration program. Can I do this from Xubuntu, without booting into the LiveCD?
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`xcalib -i -a` controls only one of two screens - can it control both?
I am using 2 screens, and wish to invert the colors on both of them without using compiz (I'm using gnome shell).
I can use xcalib -invert -alter as suggested in this question, but it only inverts ...
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How to adjust contrast with xcalib
I'm trying to adjust contrast on my laptop, a ThinkPad E430, running ubuntu 12.04:
xcalib -co 70 -a
xrandr --output LVDS1 --brightness 0.7
Either of them works only for 1-2 seconds and after that ...
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