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gccpy

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Registered: 2015-09-16

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[SOLVED] Default Nvidia X11 color range

Hello,

After noticing that my X11 seemed "darker" visually than my windows and arch arm, I stumbled upon nvidia-settings option "Color Range" that is "Full" by default. After changing it to "Limited" I got the preferred output. However, restarting X11 somehow cancels the setting, and every time X11 is started, I need to MANUALLY run nvidia-settings for it to take effect again.

How do I make the setting persistent correctly?

Last edited by gccpy (2015-11-20 14:22:25)

Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED] Default Nvidia X11 color range

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … vidia.conf && click the link to the README && search for "color range";

gccpy

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Re: [SOLVED] Default Nvidia X11 color range

Thank you, creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf with:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Nvidia Card"
        Driver "nvidia"
        VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"

        Option "ColorRange" "Limited"
EndSection

Solved the problem of correct color range after X11 restart, however this setting seems to live its own life and is not related to nvidia-settings configuration. So the correct way to do it is not use nvidia-settings for anything?

Last edited by gccpy (2015-11-20 11:40:34)

Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED] Default Nvidia X11 color range

Yes and no. The nvidia-settings tool is able to load and save as xorg.conf. It does not support the /etc/xorg.conf.d structure (or not yet). X configures itself automatically for the most part these days, you only add snippets to override the defaults. You can still use /etc/xorg.conf as a central config file. However, if you feel clever, use nvidia-settings as an easy way to create the config, save the file and manually merge it with your 20-nvidia.conf.

gccpy

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Registered: 2015-09-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Default Nvidia X11 color range

Ok then, X11 configs it is (for now at least). Thanks for answering.