Icon gone at bottom panel.

[firepainting]

Describe the bug

I've set Brightness Controller to start up on system boot. Its icon would show up at the right side of the bottom panel. It doesn't anymore.

Also, after closing the software window, I can't retrieve it. Even by opening through the terminal by typing brightness-controller.

In my attempt to "start anew," I uninstalled it from the Menu (right click, then Uninstall). It does uninstall, but its settings remain (brightness doesn't change).

To Reproduce
N/A (It used to work. I don't know what happened.)

Expected behavior

1. Its icon appearing at right side of bottom panel.
2. Software window appearing when I open it through the Desktop Menu.

Screenshots
N/A

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon
• Browser: Firefox
• 67.0 (64-bit)

Smartphone (please complete the following information):
N/A

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here. Typically, the output of xrandr -q.

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 230mm
1366x768 59.79*+
1360x768 60.02
1280x720 60.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 59.94
720x400 70.08
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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Thank you.

Edit: PS: Awesome app/software, btw! Needed to say that :)

[LordAmit]

Hey!
Glad to know that you like it. 💃

Between update of Linux Mint 19 and update of Brightness Controller - which one happened right before the problem started taking place?

I am already assuming that LM 19 update happened right before the problem started taking place - but I might be wrong.

Also, I have not used Linux Mint for a long time, so you need to elaborate things for me a bit. Does LM19 invoke apt when you "uninstall" using menu? Or it just removes it from menu, while the program remains intact?

And by "settings remain" - do you mean the config files remain or the applied brightness settings are still effective?

[firepainting]

Hi! Thanks for your reply.

It just happened again--I just restarted my PC and it's back to normal now. (After I posted my OP, I worked a bit, then shut down PC to have lunch. When I came back it also came back to normal.)

I guess my eyes are really sensitive to brightness, even though they're not that bright. I wear sunglasses every time I'm out, and set all my gadgets' brightness to the minimum. It makes me wonder how other people could stare at those bright screens. Wanted to say that because your app is waaay better than Intel's Control Panel native to the Windows I wiped for LM!

Between update of Linux Mint 19 and update of Brightness Controller - which one happened right before the problem started taking place?

I'm sorry I don't remember...but, I installed your app around May 30 (when I wiped Windows). (And do you mean LM's kernel update? If that's so, I think there was an update yesterday, when I posted this issue. I just click whatever the Update Manager shows me without thinking about it hehe.)

Does LM19 invoke apt when you "uninstall" using menu? Or it just removes it from menu, while the program remains intact?

I open Menu. Then type Brightness Con... As soon as it suggests your app, I right-click it, then click Uninstall. Then it asks for my password for authentication. After typing password a window appears saying, "The following packages will be removed: brightness-controller [2.2.3-0 etc. etc.]" I click OK. Yes it gets removed from the Menu but the brightness I've set doesn't change, i.e. the brightness my eyes hate does not come back. That's what I meant by "settings remain" (sorry if that was vague). FWIW, I don't really play with config files or the terminal--I really prefer the GUI that I absolutely, positively will only write command lines when there's no other choice :)

[LordAmit]

Ah, Gotcha. I guess this was GUI component glitch. We already know that the current GUI components are already old enough to be considered outdated. We are slowly progressing towards making an updated UI. That should solve most of the recent issues being posted in this project.

I also have sensitive eyes - so I use either sunglass or photosensitive glasses (glasses which change color when under sunlight). My friends sometimes ask me how I can use such a low level of brightness on my monitor while I question their preference for a brighter screen 🙄

By update, it is just Linux Mint regular update, not just kernel.

About the uninstall part - that's to be expected. If you uninstall Brightness Controller without resetting the settings - it will remain until next reboot.

[firepainting]

GUI forever! :D

Is there a workaround for this issue at the moment? (It's happening again.)

Please keep it up with this great project. Thank you!

[firepainting]

Hi. Just wanted to leave a short update.

For the last 3 days it was happening again. A workaround I found is disabling the app upon system startup (I manually open it now).

Thank you.

[LordAmit]

Ah, thanks for letting us know :)