You might try the indie Brightness-Controller:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/brightness-controller
sudo apt update && sudo apt install brightness-controller
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brightness-controlller
Is that a typo? controller? I typed sudo apt install brightness-controlller into the terminal and it can't find the package.
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Fixed, sorry.
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Do I need to reboot or it works automatically?
It is a GUI app - should appear in your app menu after installation is complete.
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It works but it doesn't integrate with gnome's brightness and Zorin Os theme because the application is not dark theme control. Sad
I believe it is built with the QT toolkit.
If you want a brightness controller that integrates with Gnomes controls, a gnome-extension may be the way to go.
Hmm ok I will install gnome tweaks and maybe try some extension, yes it's a QT application I always don't like that two toolkits look weird, when I was using KDE I always cringed when I see a GTK application on KDE
I understand completely. I am the same way. You can use qt5ct to make QT apps use gtk themes on Zorin OS.
Ussually I just completely avoid QT apps because they look really off, I once saw my brother using dolphin on Gnome and I just can't
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I don't know if it will help you, but there is a brightness control keyboard function shortcut fix in the tutorials section of this forum.
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Yes. But before you try that would you run uname -r. And place the output into the following command at the end:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure [uname output]
Once you start typing Linux-kernel and hit tab it should auto complete.
It's a simple possible fix that's safe to try (won't break anything i mean).
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linux for hardware support has always had various glitches, my oled monitor in zorin can not adjust the brightness, but also need to use third-party methods to be able to, but pop os can perfectly support oled monitors, but pop os also has a disadvantage for the thunderbolt 3 support is not too good.
I heard that the kernel above 5.13 supports oled displays to adjust the brightness, I upgraded my kernel, but still can not adjust the brightness
Did you try rebuilding the kernel? What version is your kernel?
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My kernel is 5.13
I just switched kernels, I didn't rebuild them
You are a godsend! I will be mentioning this in my next post as its important!
NOT WORKING!
$ uname -r
5.11.0-38-generic
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure 5.11.0-38-generic
[sudo] Passwort für:
dpkg-query: Paket »5.11.0-38-generic« ist nicht installiert und es ist keine Information verfügbar
Verwenden Sie dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) zum Untersuchen von Archiven.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: 5.11.0-38-generic ist nicht installiert
GIVES AN ERROR NOT AVAILABLE!!!
What exactly did you mean?
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-
linux-base
linux-firmware
linux-generic-hwe-20.04
linux-headers-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-headers-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-headers-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04
linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-27
linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-34
linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-38
linux-image-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-image-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-image-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04
linux-libc-dev
linux-modules-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-modules-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-modules-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-20.04
linux-objects-nvidia-390-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-objects-nvidia-390-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-objects-nvidia-390-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-signatures-nvidia-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-signatures-nvidia-5.11.0-34-generic
linux-signatures-nvidia-5.11.0-38-generic
linux-sound-base
Brightness controller can be installed, but fails to set maximum brightness.
screen is still not at full brightness, even though the brightness bar ist at 100%