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authorEkaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756@gmail.com>2014-06-20 11:23:05 +0200
committerEkaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756@gmail.com>2014-06-20 11:25:22 +0200
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@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-settings#default" />
- <revision pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-29" status="draft"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="dconf-profiles" />
+ <link type="seealso" xref="dconf-lockdown" />
+ <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-06-20" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Matthias Clasen</name>
@@ -22,60 +24,87 @@
<email its:translate="no">pknbe@volny.cz</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
+ <years>2014</years>
+ </credit>
- <desc>Enable screen dimming, then set the amount and timeout.</desc>
+ <desc>Make the screen dim after a specific amount of time when the user is
+ idle.</desc>
</info>
- <title>Set screen brightness and idle time</title>
-
- <comment>
- <cite date="2012-07-24" href="mailto:mdhillca@gmail.com">Michael Hill</cite>
- <p>Adapted from l-g-o SysAdminGuide page. Add link for how to install and
- enforce system-wide custom values for gsettings keys.</p>
- </comment>
-
- <p>By setting the following GSettings keys, you can configure the drop in
- the brightness level, and set brightness level and idle time.</p>
+ <title>Dim screen when user is idle</title>
- <listing>
- <title>Set the drop in the brightness level</title>
- <desc>To set the drop in the brightness level when the
- device has been idle for some time, create a <sys>local</sys> database for
- machine-wide settings in <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file>,
- as in the following example:</desc>
- <code>[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power]
-idle-dim=<input>true</input></code>
- </listing>
+ <p>You can make the computer screen dim after the computer has been idle (not
+ used) for some period of time.</p>
- <listing>
- <title>Set brightness level</title>
- <desc>To change the brightness level, create a <sys>local</sys> database for
- machine-wide settings in <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file>,
- as in the following example, and replace <var>30</var> with the integer value
- you want to use:
- </desc>
- <code>[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power]
-idle-brightness=<var>30</var></code>
- </listing>
+ <steps>
+ <title>Dim screen on idle computer</title>
+ <include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
+ xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-profile-user'])"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ <include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
+ xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-profile-user-dir'])"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ <item>
+ <p>Create the key file
+ <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file> to provide
+ information for the <sys>local</sys> database.</p>
+ <listing>
+ <title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file></title>
+<code>
+# Specify the dconf path
+[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power]
- <listing>
- <title>Set idle time</title>
- <desc>To set the idle time after which the screen must be blanked and the
- default screensaver displayed, create a <sys>local</sys> database for
- machine-wide settings in <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file>,
- as in the following example, and replace <var>900</var> with the integer value
- you want to use:</desc>
- <code>[org/gnome/desktop/session]
-idle-delay=<var>900</var></code>
- </listing>
+# Enable screen dimming
+idle-dim=true
- <p>Incorporate your changes into the system databases by running the
- <cmd>dconf update</cmd> command as root.</p>
+# Set brightness after dimming
+idle-brightness=uint32 30
+</code>
+ </listing>
+ <p>You must include the <code>uint32</code> along with the
+ integer key values as shown.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Create the key file
+ <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file> to provide
+ information for the <sys>local</sys> database.</p>
+ <listing>
+ <title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file></title>
+<code>
+# Specify the dconf path
+[org/gnome/desktop/session]
- <note>
- <p>You can also
- <link xref="dconf-lockdown">lock down</link> the above
- settings to prevent users from changing them.</p>
- </note>
+# The number of seconds of inactivity before the session is considered idle
+idle-delay=uint32 300
+</code>
+ </listing>
+ <p>You must include the <code>uint32</code> along with the
+ integer key values as shown.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>To prevent the user from overriding these settings, create the file
+ <file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/power-saving</file> with the following
+ content:</p>
+ <listing>
+ <title><file>/etc/dconf/db/local.db/locks/power-saving</file></title>
+<code>
+# Lock screen dimming and idle timeout
+/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim
+/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-brightness
+/org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay
+</code>
+ </listing>
+ <p>If you want to let the user change these settings, skip this step.</p>
+ </item>
+ <include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
+ xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-update'])"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ <include href="dconf-snippets.xml"
+ xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@xml:id='dconf-logoutin'])"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ </steps>
</page>