How can I adjust the time that automatically reduces the brightness of screen?

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At the moment it uses just a few seconds of inactivity after that ubuntu reduces the brightness of my screen. Where do i find the option to increase this value?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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This is the "Regard computer as idle after" slider on System → Preferences → Screensaver:

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Or the gconf key /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight/idle_dim_time, which you can set thusly:

gconftool --type int --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight/idle_dim_time 120

which will set the timeout to 120 seconds.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Dec 13 '10 at 16:27

Iain Lane

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '10 at 21:24

You can change this setting in the menu "System / Settings / Power management". This setting can be changed if you're running on battery.

(I have the Swedish GUI so I hope I remembered the English menu names correctly! ;)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 20:44

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It looks like you must change the value of this key (which I made it a mandatory key, because I didnt want the users to change it.)

here's the key in gnome2 when your run the gonf-editor : /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay

answered Sep 24 '13 at 20:44

Patrick

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How can I adjust the time that automatically reduces the brightness of screen?

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