Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 05/29/2016 12:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 05/28/2016 08:35 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: This little trick has stopped working. Laptop display is dimmed. I should mention that the external monitor is running at max video brightness. On boot, if I , the notebook video starts bright, but qui

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 29 May 2016, Samuel Sieb sent: > You keep mentioning that the external monitor is bright, but that is > irrelevant. There is no way for software to adjust the brightness of > an external monitor. Power saving yes, but not the brightness. That's not exactly true. While t

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 05/28/2016 08:35 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: This little trick has stopped working. Laptop display is dimmed. I should mention that the external monitor is running at max video brightness. On boot, if I , the notebook video starts bright, but quickly dims. You keep mentioning that the exte

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
DAH moment On 05/29/2016 06:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/29/16 18:24, Ed Greshko wrote: Well, you say you're running an up-to-date F22. And, I think, you've said it used to work OK but has been giving you trouble at some point after the initial install. If that is the case, then boot

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/29/16 18:24, Ed Greshko wrote: > Well, you say you're running an up-to-date F22. And, I think, you've said it > used to work > OK but has been giving you trouble at some point after the initial install. > > If that is the case, then booting to a LiveCD of the original F22 should not > fa

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/29/16 16:51, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 05/29/2016 02:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> On 05/29/16 13:31, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> I tried using dnfex to search for camera programs and it came up empty. It >>> also did not >>> find anything for video, so I think there is something

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 05/29/2016 02:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/29/16 13:31, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I tried using dnfex to search for camera programs and it came up empty. It also did not find anything for video, so I think there is something wrong with my setup. Cheese is not available within Xfce, so

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/29/16 13:31, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I tried using dnfex to search for camera programs and it came up empty. It > also did not > find anything for video, so I think there is something wrong with my setup. > Cheese is > not available within Xfce, so I dread what it would install. I DO

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/28/2016 10:31 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I tried using dnfex to search for camera programs and it came up empty. It also did not find anything for video, so I think there is something wrong with my setup. Cheese is not available within Xfce, so I dread what it would install. I DO have k3

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 05/29/2016 01:19 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/29/16 12:57, Robert Moskowitz wrote: No ambient light sensor that I have ever discovered. I have a few of these in service and have taken them all apart at times, though not the monitor piece. But I have had to read the maint docs and they d

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/29/16 12:57, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > No ambient light sensor that I have ever discovered. I have a few of these > in service > and have taken them all apart at times, though not the monitor piece. But I > have had to > read the maint docs and they do not mention one. > > Recently, I ha

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 05/29/2016 12:40 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/29/16 11:35, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Been a while since I have been over here. Here is the situation. I am running up to date Fedora 22 x64 on a Lenovo x120e using Xfce. Install goes back to about when 22 shipped. For some time now, the v

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/29/16 11:35, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Been a while since I have been over here. Here is the situation. > > > I am running up to date Fedora 22 x64 on a Lenovo x120e using Xfce. Install > goes back > to about when 22 shipped. > > > For some time now, the video would be dim, like at the po

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Yes, this one is old. Probably got it 3 years ago refurbished. I have been waiting for F24 to ship, and install that on another system, then migrate my data. I just have not had time recently to work on any betas. Got real work doing paid contracts on standards stuff that eats all my time..

Re: Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/28/2016 08:35 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have looked here for any messages like this and have tried looking for bug reports with nothing coming up. So any ideas? Recommendations? How old is your laptop? Is it old enough that the video card might be wearing out? -- users mailing lis

Problems with a dim video

2016-05-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Been a while since I have been over here. Here is the situation. I am running up to date Fedora 22 x64 on a Lenovo x120e using Xfce. Install goes back to about when 22 shipped. For some time now, the video would be dim, like at the powersaving setting, but if I ran on battery and did no i