------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Mar 9 00:58:46 UTC 2025 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.1,4 * Provide a setting for enabling dbus-events - ddcutil-service DPMS and hotplug detection. * Default the dbus-event setting to off, which is less troublesome for some VDUs/GPUs/drivers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Feb 18 20:56:03 UTC 2025 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.1.3 * Fix the error-dialog option "Ignore-VDU" when ddcutil cannot communicate with a VDU. * Avoid abrupt u-turns in automatic brightness, don't reassess the lux level while making an adjustment. * Update the EDID-parser to accept the command line output from ddcutil 2.2 (for those not using ddcutil-service). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Nov 27 19:49:17 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.1.2 * Replace the Preset-scheduler with an implementation that remains accurate after PC-sleep/hibernation. * Fix the day-rollover which was scheduling for the wrong day if triggered at 12:59:59. * When performing a set-vcp, don't increment the NVRAM write count if the VDU doesn't respond. * When reconfiguring VDU controllers, discard pending VDU VCP changes from previous controllers. * Eliminate a potential for deadlock when handling change-events from ddcutil-service. * Better handle ddcutil-service unexpected event types (don't raise an error dialog). * The main window height will now automatically resize to accommodate the number of controls present. * Toggling lux brightness-interpolation now immediately updates the profile-plot to reflect the change. * Fix the Lux Dialog, it was turning off interpolation when first constructed. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Oct 13 23:42:30 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.1.1 * Removed --dbus-signals-enabled. DBus signals are now always enabled when --dbus-client is enabled. * Fix the active Preset icon display which was sometimes incorrect after DPMS-sleep or errors. * Fix a code regression when handling non-DDC-capable VDUs (fix status=-3020 exception). * The About-Window now includes counts of set_vcp/NVRAM-writes for each VDU. * Hovering over a VDU-name in the main-window reveals the write count for that VDU. * Minor changes to reduce unnecessary work and improve log messages. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Sep 28 00:53:40 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.1.0 * Preset transitions have been deprecated. All presets are now restored instantly no matter how they have been set to transition. The Preset-Dialog controls for assigning transitions have been hidden. All transition related code may be removed in a future version, please contact me or comment on issue #93 if you prefer transitions to be retained. * Transitions and related controls can be re-enabled by disabling `protect-nvram` in the Settings-Dialog. * To avoid unnecessary updates, preset restoration now queries the VDU's existing values. This may slow down preset restoration. * Lux-metered auto adjustment has been defaulted to 10 minute intervals (up from 5). * Color-Preset (VCP code 0x14) has been added to the list of standard controls. * Added a VDU Initializer-Preset feature to provide a replacement for dead NVRAM. This also provides a way to restore settings not persisted in VDU NVRAM. A VDU's initializer-preset is automatically run if the target VDU is present at startup or is subsequently detected. Any preset that has a name that matches a VDU model and serial-number will be treated as an Initializer-Preset. * The Preset-Dialog now includes a tool-button to the right of the preset-name entry that will create a VDU specific Initializer-Preset. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Aug 22 01:21:40 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.0.4 * The About-Dialog now refreshes the ddcutil version info on each invocation. * Increased dbus timeout to 10 seconds (in case numerous VDUs or errors slow down VDU detection). * Dynamically enable a scroll-area when the main-panel exceeds the available screen height. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon May 6 04:18:30 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.0.3 * Reduce the number of writes to VDU NVRAM by sliders, spinners, and ambient brightness adjustments. * Slider and spin-box controls now only update the VDU when adjustments become slow or stop (when the control value remains constant for 0.5 seconds). * Spin-Boxes now select the entire text on focus in (enables easier overtyping and decreases VDU updates). * Ambient lighting initiated changes in brightness of up to 20% are applied without any transitional steps (plus the existing code ignores updates of less than 10%). * Set the default ambient-light brightness adjustment-interval to 5 minutes. * React to DPMS awake signal from ddcutil-service by re-assessing ambient brightness. * Simplified locking and conformed to a locking hierarchy/protocol to avoid potential deadlocks. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Apr 13 02:01:37 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.0.2 * Added a *refresh* annotation suffix for use with VCP-codes which cause multiple changes. * Make manual adjustment of the ambient Light Level more accurate and responsive. * Updates are sent to the VDU as sliders are dragged (rather than only on release). * Fix exception on monitors that return invalid/unexpected combo-box VCP values. * Fix exception on monitors with blank VCP value descriptions. * When refresh is pressed, only auto adjust ambient brightness if auto-brightness is enabled. * Don't automatically refresh on error, eliminate popup dialog loops. * Eliminate deadlocks when exceptions occur. * Cleanup the initialisation of the ddcutil-service connection. * Add more caveats and limitations to the documentation. * Fix manual ambient light slider when light meter is uninitialized. * Promote Simple-Non-Continuous values whose metadata exceeds one-byte to two-byte Complex-NC. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Feb 27 21:11:53 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Version 2.0.1 * Fix D-Bus client code for python versions prior to 3.11. * Fix infinite-loop when altering an existing FIFO lux-meter in the Lux-Dialog. * Fix the refresh of the LuxDialog meter-readout/plot when changing to a new meter. * Apply context-aware defaults to the LuxDialog device file-chooser. * Improve/fix the handling of displays/laptop-displays that may be detected but lack proper DDC. * Force the file-picker to always show devices and FIFOs - it wasn't showing then on some desktops. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Feb 16 00:58:22 UTC 2024 - Michael Hamilton - Update to 2.0.0: * Added an Ambient-Light-Level slider - one slider for adjusting brightness on all displays. * Optionally use ddcutil-service for up to 10x faster DDC response times. * Minor tweaks and additional icons for Presets. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Oct 17 02:05:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Update to 1.20.0: * Added options monochrome-tray and mono-light-tray to enable a monochrome tray-icon (dark and light). * Optional $HOME/.config/vdu_controls/tray_icon.svg overrides the normal tray icon. * Improved the adjustment of icon/window dimensions by scaling them in respect to the user's default-font height. * Remove adjust-for-dpi in favour of the the above which automatically accounts for DPI. * When a Preset is transitioning slowly (i.e. not immediately), the UI controls can be used to stop the transition. * Considerable internal refactoring of option handling. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Sep 21 03:59:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.12.0: * Added an F10_key context menu shortcut to all application windows (KDE accessibility standard). * Set icon and pixmap sizes appropriately for Normal and High DPI (controlled by adjust-for-dpi) (issue #63). * Icon/device-chooser-dialog: init-time reduced from 30 to 5 seconds for users with large home folders (issue #61). * Improvements/Fixes to the vlux_meter.py sample-script and the related vdu_controls FIFO reader. * Improved visibility of the app-icon's preset-transitioning indicator and auto-lux indicator. * Increased contrast for generated text preset-abbreviation icons. * Encode translations in plain text rather than escaped XML (for easier editing). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Sep 12 20:59:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.11.1: * Fix Preset text size in tray icon. * Fix occasional concurrency lockup issue in lux_metering. * Update the Settings Dialog when a new VDU becomes available. * Light-metering: show both a lux-auto indicator (an orange "LED") AND the current preset (if any) in the app icon. * Fix first time use crash (issue #60). * Allow % in config files by turning off ConfigParser interpolation (issue #60). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Jun 24 21:50:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.11.0: * Made vdu_controls ddcutil-2.0-ready. * Added support for ddcutil versions earlier than 1.3 (issue #43, #53). * Main-Window: added a hide-on-focus-out option to minimize the main window on focus out (issue #57). * Main-Window: changed the layout to display brightness and contrast as the first two controls for each VDU. * Main-Window: added jump to clicked value to sliders (issue #59). * Main-Window: added a smart-main-window option to make main window placement and geometry preservation optional. * Main-Window: the main window can now be raised above the other sub-windows (gnome issue only). * Main-Window and Context Menu: added alt-key keyboard shortcuts (issue #13). * Context-Menu: added an indicator mark suffix to the currently active Preset (if any) (issue #55). * Context-Menu: made changes to Preset ordering propagate to the menu without requiring an application restart. * Tray-Icon: made the app icon un-themed so that overlaid active Preset text/icon is more visible (issue #55). * Settings-Dialog: added a Reset button to makes it possible to un-ignore a VDU (issue #51). * Settings-Dialog: added tool-tips to main config-settings, made them consistent with command line help (issue #52). * Preset-Dialog: combined the Activate and Edit buttons into one button (simpler and more intuitive). * Preset Dialog: made the dialog bold the text button of the currently active Preset (if any). * Preset Dialog: added code to detect and and warn of unsaved changes. * Preset Dialog: made the dialog lock out any scheduled or automatic VDU changes while a Preset is being edited. * Preset-Dialog: supplied a starter set of Prest icons - a selection of KDE breeze5-icons (issue #56). * Popup-Messages: made message box popups resizable for increased readability. * Command-line: made config-settings and command-line arguments consistent, command line has precedence (issue #52). * Command-line: fixed --sleep-multiplier so that it is actually applied (issue #54). * Prevented potential crashes in the event of utf-8 decoding errors for EDIDs and capabilities (issue #49). * Added logging of stack traces for some errors if debugging is set to on (issue #49). * Improved the handling of ddcutil not found (issue #48). * Refactored to improve maintainability and run-time efficiency (issue #52). * Added Deepin 23 pyqt library compatibility. * Numerous minor enhancements and fixes. * An alpha release of vlux_meter.py, a system-tray webcam lux-meter, has been included in the sample scripts folder. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu May 11 23:56:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.10.2: * Fix Preset non-zero transition-step-seconds, so it works properly. * Changing log-to-syslog or log-debug-enabled no longer requires a restart. * Fix Lux Auto menu icon when starting with Auto disabled. * Use the progress bar area on the main panel for status messages. * Make auto brightness behave more predictably by removing unnecessary constraints on interpolation. * Improve auto-lux/preset tray icon interaction, better reflect actions and current state. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu May 04 07:44:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.10.1: * Restore lux meter displayed-value when restoring LuxDialog window. * Minor fixes to reduce and improve displayed and logged messages. * Rollup release prior to downtime for ToTK ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Mar 26 07:34:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.10.0: * Added hardware lux metering options (GY30/BH1750+Arduino, UNIX-fifo, or executable-script). * Added lux-to-brightness profiles per VDU. * Added sample scripts for using a webcam to produce approximate lux values. * Added an option to transition smoothly on UNIX signal. * Replaced the transition combo-box with a button+checkboxes. * Added drag-to-change, click-to-delete, to the elevation chart component. * Added a setting to quickly disable weather and another for elevation-scheduling. * Cleanup of thread handling - clarification of GUI/non-GUI thread operations. * Reduced logging and eliminated popup dialogs when monitors are suspended or powered off. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Feb 18 23:18:56 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - update to 1.9.2: * The Presets Dialog now includes an option to set a Preset to Transition Smoothly. * The tray, main panel, and Preset Dialog indicate when a smooth transition is in progress. * Transitions are performed by a non-GUI thread, the GUI remains accessible during smooth transitions. * A smooth transition can be interrupted by moving the controls being transitioned or invoking a preset. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Jan 25 23:08:56 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.9.1: * Busy spinners and control lockouts applied during refresh and preset activation. Introducing SpinBox input fields. Use EDID. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jan 23 02:39:53 UTC 2023 - malcolmlewis@opensuse.org - Clean up build in preparation for development repository and Factory submission. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Jan 11 00:00:00 UTC 2023 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.9.0: * Bug fixes and speedy performance improvements. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.8.3: * Fix crash when network is down and weather site is not contactable. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Nov 11 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.8.1: * Fix daily scheduling of presets. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Oct 29 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.8.0: * New feature, allow presets to be scheduled by solar elevation. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.7.2: * Better handle monitor being powered off. * Allow presets to be reordered on the menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Sep 25 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.7.1: * Fix for signal handling from Mark Lowne. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Aug 4 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.7.0: * Display current preset in window and tray title, preset icons. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Jul 31 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.11: * Cleaning up the help and Linux man page. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.10: * Cope better with transient slider values, cope better with session startup delays to detection. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Update to version 1.6.8: - Fix preset save/restore bug introduced in 1.6.7. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Jun 12 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.7: * Fix issues with gnome 42.2 tray: when in gnome do as the gnomens do. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Jun 11 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.5: * Widen handling of pare exceptions for VDU capabilities - catch more exceptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.4: * Wayland wait for system tray at login. * Enable HiDPI icons. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Apr 10 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.3: * Added a hamburger menu to provide alternate access to the context menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Apr 9 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.2: * Add a feature Values: min..max override. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.1: * Wayland fixes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Mar 7 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.6.0: * Let other processes trigger preset changes and settings refreshes via UNIX/Linux signals. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Feb 27 00:00:00 UTC 2022 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.5.9: * Cleanly handle monitors that do not respond to ddcutil commands. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Dec 4 00:00:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.5.7: * Check if a system tray is available before applying system_tray_enabled. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Nov 13 00:00:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.5.5: * Fix tray for some desktops. * Combobox value enhancements/fixes. * Login-restart support/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Nov 8 00:00:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Hamilton - Updated to version 1.5.3: * Detect and handle light/dark theme changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Oct 4 00:00:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Hamilton - Version 1.5.2: * Packaged for rpm vdu_controls.