Screen Brightness reverts after using some applications

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I tried this

and changed what needed

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then I made update grub
but the Brightness Controller problem still the same
whith the startup it opening but the brightness full like settings not working and each time I open Discord the brightness setting going full again

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Are you using an OLED Monitor?
Discord, I believe, is an Electron-based application...

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I use 2 monitors
laptop monitor + external samsung monitor

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Is the Samsung an OLED monitor?

Is it connected using any adapters, like HDMI to DP?

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Samsung 740 N LCD
connected using VGA & HDMI converter

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Does the brightness issue occur when the external monitor is not plugged in after rebooting the notebook computer?

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never tried yet

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@Aravisian same problem even when I removed the external monitor

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That is a good thing; it means some of the more complicated problems/solutions are avoided.

Can you please connect your monitor, then in terminal run:

xrandr | grep " connected" | cut -f1 -d " "

Relay that output here.

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I was about to type out a lengthy post about how to add this to start up. But in checking that, I found a guide that does a very thorough job of it and lays it out so it is very easy:

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so if I'll use this script I don't need the Brightness controller or what ?

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Correct. You would be using xrandr, instead.

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can you help how to create the dimmer-startup.sh and where ?

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Per the link:

  • Create dimmer-startup.sh file at ~/dimmer-startup.sh
  • Copy the below code to dimmer-startup.sh file.

The tilde symbol (~) is shorthand for Home Directory in GnuLinux.
Right click an open area in your home folder and select Create a new document
Then name it or rename it dimmer-startup.sh

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@Aravisian Now I have this
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in the home directory with this script
#!/bin/bash

Bash script to control the monitor brightness

brightness_level=0.7
screenname=$(xrandr | grep " connected" | cut -f1 -d" ")
xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness 0.7;

#!/bin/bash

Bash script to control the monitor brightness

brightness_level=0.7
screenname=$(xrandr | grep " connected" | cut -f1 -d" ")
xrandr --output HDMI1 --brightness 0.7;
and I have
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this file in this directory ~/.config/autostart
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec="/home/BlackJokerCore/dimmer-startup.sh"
Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name=Dimmer Script
GenericName=Dimmer Script
Categories=Utility;
StartupNotify=false Comment=Dimmer App to control screen brightness and this is the script but still not working
or maybe only laptop monitor worked with the script

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Did you copy and paste the contents just as the guide states?
Did you make the script executable?
Did you reboot?

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I changed name of monitors and brightness as I need

I don't really get the point I think the Dimmer.desktop executing it
if not then tell me or let me check how I can do it

sure boss I know now we need reboot after each script or change

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This step in the guide:

  • Give execute permission to dimmer-startup.sh file by typing sudo chmod +x ~/dimmer-startup.sh

Alternatively, you can right click the script and choose Properties > Permissions and check the box for allow executing as a program

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@Aravisian I made it executable using chmod +x dimmer.startup.sh
but when I reboot the laptop screen was black on the password screen and even after I opened the OS the script didn't work