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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="power-dim-screen">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="user-settings" />
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<link type="seealso" xref="dconf-profiles" />
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<link type="seealso" xref="dconf-lockdown" />
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<revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-06-20" status="candidate"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Matthias Clasen</name>
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<email>matthias.clasen@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2012</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Jana Svarova</name>
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<email>jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Petr Kovar</name>
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<email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>
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<years>2014</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2014</years>
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</credit>
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<desc>Make the screen dim after a specific amount of time when the user is
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idle.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Dim screen when user is idle</title>
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<p>You can make the computer screen dim after the computer has been idle (not
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used) for some period of time.</p>
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<steps>
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<title>Dim screen on idle computer</title>
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<include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
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xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-profile-user'])"
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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
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xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-profile-user-dir'])"
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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<item>
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<p>Create the key file
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<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file> to provide
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information for the <sys>local</sys> database.</p>
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<listing>
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<title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file></title>
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<code>
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# Specify the dconf path
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[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power]
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# Enable screen dimming
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idle-dim=true
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# Set brightness after dimming
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idle-brightness=30
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</code>
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</listing>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Create the key file
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<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file> to provide
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information for the <sys>local</sys> database.</p>
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<listing>
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<title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file></title>
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<code>
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# Specify the dconf path
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[org/gnome/desktop/session]
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# The number of seconds of inactivity before the session is considered idle
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idle-delay=uint32 300
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</code>
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</listing>
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<p>You must include the <code>uint32</code> along with the
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integer key values as shown.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To prevent the user from overriding these settings, create the file
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<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/power-saving</file> with the following
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content:</p>
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<listing>
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<title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.db/locks/power-saving</file></title>
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<code>
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# Lock screen dimming and idle timeout
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/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim
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/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-brightness
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/org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay
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</code>
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</listing>
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<p>If you want to let the user change these settings, skip this step.</p>
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</item>
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<include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
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xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-update'])"
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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
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xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-logoutin'])"
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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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</steps>
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</page>
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