Package: x11-xserver-utils Version: 7.4+2 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/xrandr
Hi, wou...@celtic:~$ time xrandr --prop [...xrandr output snipped...] real 0m0.444s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.008s I currently have a shell script that does the following: BL=$(xrandr --prop|awk '/BACKLIGHT:/{print $2}') with the intention of then being able to use that to compute stuff and set the new value, and hook that to the XF86MonBrightnessDown and ...Up keys as a hotkey. However, due to the fact that xrandr spends almost half a second waiting on the X server for information that I don't need, and combined with the fact that I don't see any way for me to change the set of data that xrandr requests from the X server, this script is nearly unusable. There could be alternate solutions to this wishlist item; e.g., it would help if I would be able to tell xrandr that the X server has to increase the value of a property relative to its current value with a value relative to its valid range, or some such (say, a command similar to 'increase the value of the BACKLIGHT property on the LVDS output by 10% of the total range). -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages x11-xserver-utils depends on: ii cpp 4:4.3.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libice6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.4-2 X11 authorisation library ii libxaw7 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxi6 2:1.2.1-2 X11 Input extension library ii libxmu6 2:1.0.4-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxmuu1 2:1.0.4-2 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxtrap6 2:1.0.0-5 X11 event trapping extension libra ii libxxf86misc1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii x11-common 1:7.4+4 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc x11-xserver-utils recommends no packages. Versions of packages x11-xserver-utils suggests: pn cairo-5c <none> (no description available) pn nickle <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org