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Colour management and ICC profiles

Tue, 01 Jul 2014 08:29:29 +0000

I have a really bad display without colour management. Within Ubuntu Unity, I use an ICC profile. The profile does not seems to be loaded when running an i3‑wm session. I though I just have to run the same application Ubuntu probably invokes for Unity, but failed to find which one it uses. I installed and tried `xicc` to load the profile, but this do nothing and my calibration test pictures still display badly. How do one install an ICC profile when running an i3‑wm session ?

Answer by Hibou57 for
I have a really bad display without colour management. Within Ubuntu Unity, I use an ICC profile. The profile does not seems to be loaded when running an i3‑wm session. I though I just have to run the same application Ubuntu probably invokes for Unity, but failed to find which one it uses. I installed and tried `xicc` to load the profile, but this do nothing and my calibration test pictures still display badly.

How do one install an ICC profile when running an i3‑wm session ?

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:06:39 +0000

Answering to myself, still feel free to contribute any other answer. Adding this to i3's `config` file (in `~/.i3` or `~/.config/i3`), works like a charm: exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon Tested with Ubuntu 12.04. As a bonus, it makes Ubuntu fonts display a lot better (otherwise, Ubuntu Mono, as an example, displays uglier than within an Ubuntu session).

Comment by Ruben G for

Answering to myself, still feel free to contribute any other answer.

Adding this to i3's config file (in ~/.i3 or ~/.config/i3), works like a charm:

exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon

Tested with Ubuntu 12.04.

As a bonus, it makes Ubuntu fonts display a lot better (otherwise, Ubuntu Mono, as an example, displays uglier than within an Ubuntu session).

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:56:16 +0000

For the fonts issue look into this thread [1] it did the trick for me too. I've followed the instructions there, and also I've added this line in my config file: exec xrdb -load .Xdefaults [1] bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=158621

Answer by Ruben G for
I have a really bad display without colour management. Within Ubuntu Unity, I use an ICC profile. The profile does not seems to be loaded when running an i3‑wm session. I though I just have to run the same application Ubuntu probably invokes for Unity, but failed to find which one it uses. I installed and tried `xicc` to load the profile, but this do nothing and my calibration test pictures still display badly.

How do one install an ICC profile when running an i3‑wm session ?

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:54:04 +0000

I've been looking this today in Ubuntu 14.04 onwards the command would be: exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/unity-settings-daemon PD. I'm looking for how to do this in a *dual screen* setup outside the Ubuntu/GNOME world and I'm quite lost. Any help is appreciated. PD2. I've found the answer in this thread [1] for doing it without the unity settings daemon, the argyll package must be installed and the command would be: dispwin -d -I [1] ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1347896&s=3ead15925f2c9557a23b8fa8cce2d8e1