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Diiny

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Registered: 2015-05-12

Posts: 22

SOLVED - Running xterm resets my screen brightness.

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I am not sure how it is connected but...

Whenever I load xterm (either by hotkey or typing 'xterm' in a terminal), it resets my screen brightness.  I have a video of the proof:
https://imgur.com/a/y4vmzEt
What is happening in the video... I start off raising the screen brightness to full, then I use my hotkey to load 'xterm'.  When 'xterm' loads you notice the screen change brightness.  Then I do it again, I raise the screen brightness and use the currently open terminal to run 'xterm'.  The screen brightness resets again.

I have no idea how these are connected.  I have nothing in my .aliases for 'xterm'.  When I run:

$ declare | grep xterm
TERM=xterm

How would I proceed from here to find out why it's happening, and how to stop it?

Last edited by Diiny (2025-05-12 22:37:28)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,982

Re: SOLVED - Running xterm resets my screen brightness.

Also for "xterm -e top"?
(If not, it's not xterm, it's your shell resp. its rc)

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Diiny

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Registered: 2015-05-12

Posts: 22

Re: SOLVED - Running xterm resets my screen brightness.

Also for "xterm -e top"?
(If not, it's not xterm, it's your shell resp. its rc)

You are correct.  ty.