Hi all,
I'm playing UnrealGold in Wine and the in-game settings for brightness don't hold for more than a couple of seconds before they revert to what is a darker brightness, making the game quite unplayable. Whether I choose openGl or Direct3D9 in the game, it's the same thing. Other than that, the game plays perfectly well.
Normally using redshift but disabled it.
Also disabled display compositing from the xfce settings menu with no change.
I used the brightness app from mx-tweak and however high I put it it reverts back to 100, so even outside of the game I have a problem with general brightness.
From the nvidia-settings app, same thing: on the color correction tab, whatever I change it reverts back with a message saying: "warning: the color settings have been changed outside of nvidia-settings so the current slider values may be incorrect."
What is the program that is holding my brightness from "outside"?
I'm using xfce and my video card is nvidia GTX 1050 Ti (and it's a desktop, not a laptop).
Thanks!
[SOLVED] Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
[SOLVED] Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
Last edited by popjah on Tue May 27, 2025 5:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
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Re: Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
Yes, my mistake. Here it is:
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System:
Kernel: 6.12.20-amd64 [6.12.20-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.20-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: A320M-S2H v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: A320M-S2H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F56b date: 02/09/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3 note: check
built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001138
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3541 high: 3593 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3593 2: 3493 3: 3593 4: 3493 5: 3493
6: 3590 7: 3493 8: 3583 bogomips: 55893
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 535.247.01 non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.68")
modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.247.01 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.20-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN823N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8192EU] type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 3-1:2
chip-ID: 2357:0109 class-ID: 0000
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.89 TiB used: 116.15 GiB (2.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSM2NE3100TNTD size: 953.87 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: EDFMB0.5 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-75WN4A1 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 7113 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Biostar model: S100-256GB size: 238.47 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: V4.7 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0E
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.62 GiB size: 937.58 GiB (98.32%) used: 71.66 GiB (7.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 5.6 MiB (2.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.9 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 36 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2685 libs: 1431 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirror.easyname.at/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mirror.easyname.at/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-bookworm.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm main
Info:
Processes: 291 Uptime: 8h 46m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.55 GiB used: 3.09 GiB (19.9%) Init: systemd
v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFIRe: Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
Do they work if you don't boot SystemD?
HP 15; ryzen 3 5300U APU; 500 Gb SSD; 8GB ram
HP 17; ryzen 3 3200; 500 GB SSD; 12 GB ram
Idea Center 3; 12 gen i5; 256 GB ssd;
In Linux, newer isn't always better. The best solution is the one that works.
HP 17; ryzen 3 3200; 500 GB SSD; 12 GB ram
Idea Center 3; 12 gen i5; 256 GB ssd;
In Linux, newer isn't always better. The best solution is the one that works.
Re: Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
Thanks, rebooted on non-systemd, but it didn't work (in-game and on desktop)
Re: Brightness and gamma changes don't work in games (and outside of them as well)
Ok, solved it: what was hijacking brightness/gamma was redshift. It was not enough to disable it, I had to quit the program in order for brightness to work (in the games and in nvidia settings).