Post-Installation Checklist
This page outlines steps that may be required to configure ddcutil after it has been installed.
Kernel Module i2c-dev
ddcutil requires kernel module i2c-dev. If it is not built into your kernel, it must be loaded explicly. To do so, add a file into directory /etc/modules-load.d with the single line:
i2c-dev
For details, see Kernel Module Configuration.
I2C Device Permissions
Permissions must be granted in order for users other than root to run ddcutil.
On some distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu, all /dev/i2c devices are assigned to group i2c by installation of required package i2c-tools. All that is necessary is to add ddcutil users to group i2c:
$ sudo usermod <user-name> -aG i2c
If installing from some other distribution or from source, additional configuration may be required. See I2C Device Permissions.
Proprietary Nvidia Driver
The proprietary Nvidia video driver sometimes requires special settings for I2C communication. See Special Nvidia Driver Settings.
Configuration Diagnostics
If ddcutil installs successfully but execution fails, command ddcutil environment
can be used to probe the I2C environment and may provide clues as to the problem.
For USB connected monitors, use command ddcutil usbenvironment
. See Secondary Commands.
Linux command i2cdetect
(found in required package i2ctools) provides an
independent check of whether the DDC slave address (X37) is active on an I2C bus.
Shared Library Configuration
When installing from source, additional configuration may be required to use shared library libddcutil if it is installed under /usr/local. See Shared Library Configuration. Note that libddcutil is NOT required to run ddcutil.
Additional Information
See also ddcutil Configuration.