xbrightness: xbrightness (adjusts brightness of the X server display) xbrightness: xbrightness: xbrightness sets the overall brightness of a monitor via the XFree86 xbrightness: X server video mode extension (XFree86-VidMod‐Extension). xbrightness: xbrightness: It uses the XF86VidModeSetGammaRamp function, which provides a xbrightness: more flexible control than the old XF86VidMode‐SetGamma. The latter xbrightness: function cannot change the endpoints of the gamma curve, only the xbrightness: middle, so full brightness remains full brightness no matter how you xbrightness: set the gamma. xbrightness: