Backlight-C

Backlight-C is a utility for changing the screen-brightness on laptops running linux.

Installation

Make sure gcc or another C-compiler is installed.

Download the program with git clone https://github.com/vidarandrebo/backlight-c.git

Change dir cd backlight-c

In src/config.h:

• Change the UPPER value to the value specified in /sys/class/backlight/**/max_brightness.

• Change the BACKLIGHT value to the correct path for your brightness file.

Complile the file gcc -O3 src/backlight.c -o src/backlight

Move the file to $PATH - cp src/backlight /usr/bin/backlight

Run

Change the backlight with sudo backlight +/- <number>