White balance for the whole X desktop

[Dan Ritter]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:54:53PM -0400, Brendan Kidwell wrote:
> What is the general procedure for creating and applying a white
> balance formula in modern GNOME/KDE/XFCE desktops?
> 
> What I have:
> - KDE (Kubuntu 10.10)
> - my new Dell Vostro v130 with a decidedly blue backlight that's
> rather depressing
> 
> What I want:
> - Create a "profile" as I'm shown some reference images and answer
> questions in a wizard
> - (Or create a profile manually while following a howto)
> - Apply the profile to everything in X - text, pictures, and video
> 
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

There are proprietary things that can be done with NVidia or
Radeon's closed drivers, but the only native all-X11 color change
system I know about is xgamma.

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