[argyllcms] Re: ArgyllCMS seems to be restting the display every second

  • From: Pascal de Bruijn <pmjdebruijn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:04:46 +0100

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Gerben Venekamp <venekamp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I seem to have a problem in getting my LCD screen calibrated. I try this on a
> Linux system, OpenSUSE11.2 to be precise and the screen in question is that of
> a DELL precision M6400. I have downloaded version 1.10 (64-bit). The screen
> that I am trying to calibrate is the one of the laptop itself, so not an
> external one. The laptop has an NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M video card and I use
> the propriety drivers from NVIDIA.
>
> I use the dispcal command for that: dispcal -v -qh -y l dell_m6400
> Then I select the first test and try to adjust the brightness of my screen. In
> order to do this, I use the nvidia supplied tool for adjusting the screen
> settings. However, as soon as I change any of the settings, ArgyllCMS seems to
> be putting things back into their original values and hence I am unable to
> make any adjustments. How would I solve this issue?

Don't use the nvidia crap to make those adjustments...

The problem is that the nvidia tool probably writes to the VideoLUT...
as does Argyll, this is a conflict that cannot be easily resolved...
Use one or the other...

Solution: Use the screens OSD settings.

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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