Linux Screen Vibrancy with Nvidia Gpu

I have an nvidia gpu and I’m trying to change the vibrancy of my screen - on windows it worked fine because I had the nvidia control panel but here I can’t seem to make it work - I have NVIDIA X Server Settings installed but I don’t see an option to change vibrancy. I used something called vibrantLinux but if i restarted my computer it lost its settings and the vibrancy doesnt work - anyone know?

Output to inxi:

~ inxi --width --no-host --filter --verbosity=7
System:
  Kernel: 5.13.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel, plank 
  wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
  base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B460MDS3H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B460M DS3H v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F3 date: 05/27/2020 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.56 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (9.7%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-10500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Comet Lake rev: 3 cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 74427 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 
  4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities 
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc 
  cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid 
  invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr 
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni 
  popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep smx ss 
  ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc 
  tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec 
  xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a3f0 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Corsair CORSAIR HS60 HAPTIC Gaming Headset type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-6:5 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a5f 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.15-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8192ee 
  v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:818b class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 45.44 GiB (4.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSTFS31120GNTD size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 109.18 GiB used: 45.44 GiB (41.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  label: N/A uuid: 4dabba46-d73a-4342-96f5-859c2418cd86 
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
  label: NO_LABEL uuid: 4D27-D28D 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: DATA uuid: 0C0E8D9D0E8D8086 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-3.1:4 info: SINOWEALTH Wired Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard 
  driver: glorious,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 480mA 
  chip-ID: 258a:0036 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 1-3.2:6 info: Holtek USB Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:a01b class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-3: 1-4:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-4.3:7 info: Micro Star MSI Gaming Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 1462:3fa4 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-6:5 info: Corsair CORSAIR HS60 HAPTIC Gaming Headset 
  type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:0a5f class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-4: 1-9:8 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 2-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 05e3:0612 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35% 
Info:
  Processes: 291 Uptime: 5m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 Compilers: 
  gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1404 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06

Please clarify the ambiguity. Did it work until you restart (so it works again if you apply it manually) or does it not work at all?

it only works if i apply it manually

Are you referring to these controls?

I have a GTX 1650 on this PC and the latest drivers (470.63.01) on kernel 5.14. These controls have been available even back on kernel 5.4 and older Nvidia drivers as well.



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Quick caveat, do you use Night Color / Redshift to lessen the blue light during night hours?

If so, you will need to use a startup entry that reloads Redshift after logging in, maybe with a 5-second delay. The reason for this is because applying / loading nvidia-settings tends to disable third-party screen adjustments until they’re re-applied.

So you might login to your session at night, and be greeted to non-Redshifted display, and will have to manually re-invoke Redshift again for it to work. (Or use an automatic method as explained above, so it happens behind the scenes during login.)

i dont think so, i just made it so the nvidia-settings loads on startup so the vibrance can load

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