Matthias Clasen matthias.clasen@gmail.com 2012 Jana Svarova jana.svarova@gmail.com 2013 Petr Kovar pknbe@volny.cz 2014 Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com 2014 Make the screen dim after a specific amount of time when the user is idle. Dim screen when user is idle

You can make the computer screen dim after the computer has been idle (not used) for some period of time.

Dim screen on idle computer

Create the key file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power to provide information for the local database.

<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-power</file> # Specify the dconf path [org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power] # Enable screen dimming idle-dim=true # Set brightness after dimming idle-brightness=uint32 30

You must include the uint32 along with the integer key values as shown.

Create the key file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session to provide information for the local database.

<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-session</file> # Specify the dconf path [org/gnome/desktop/session] # The number of seconds of inactivity before the session is considered idle idle-delay=uint32 300

You must include the uint32 along with the integer key values as shown.

To prevent the user from overriding these settings, create the file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/power-saving with the following content:

<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.db/locks/power-saving</file> # 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

If you want to let the user change these settings, skip this step.