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Adjust brightness of your second monitor with xrandr in Ubuntu

type xrandr in the terminal.

Muhammad Danish · 2026-06-06 23:27 · 0 claps · 0.4 min read
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Adjust brightness of your second monitor with xrandr in Ubuntu

type **xrandr** in the terminal.

note down your connected device name.

use this command:

xrandr - output HDMI-6 - brightness 0.8

adjust the number as needed 0.8 means 80% brightness.

later write a bash script and bind this command with keys.

Done.

Enjoy reading.

Thanks.,


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