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I've been using a loop that contains xrandr --output VGA1 --brightness 0.3 in a bash script which will automatically execute right after logging in by gnome-session-properties (a.k.a. Startup Applications).

Is there any configuration file that can control the monitor brightness while a display connects to the X server? In short, how to set the monitor brightness at boot time?

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    Commented Mar 27, 2015 at 10:00

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Copied from Ji m's Ubuntu handbook:

Open your file browser and navigate to “Computer-> sys -> class -> backlight” directory. You’ll see two or three folders there:

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In each folder there’s a file called actual_brightness, you can see its content (brightness value) through the thumbnail icon.

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Remember them and do:

Change your screen brightness through Fn + Arrow key.

Check out the actual_brightness files in each folder (Re-open each folder to refresh the value).

Does the value change?

Remember the folder name in which the value of actual_brightness changes. Replace acpi_video0 in below commands with that folder name

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the command below will give you the maximum level of your laptop backlight:

    cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness

    Mine is 9, so I can set backlight level from 0 to 9.

  2. Run the command below one by one. You’ll get the super user privilege and open the /etc/rc.local file, a script executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel, with gedit editor.

    sudo -i
gedit /etc/rc.local

    Add the line below before the last. Change the number 0 to the brightness level you want.

    echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
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