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#1 2011-10-03 17:31:58

metaverse
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Registered: 2011-10-03
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[SOLVED] backlight dimming after 10s of idling

Hello. After 10 seconds of idling the screen backlight is dimmed on my macbook pro. When I move the cursor it goes back to normal.
I've understood I should be able to change this under system settings->power but I only have options for when to suspend and what to do when power is low.
I'm running arch w/ gnome 3.2 on a mpb 6,2.

Any suggestions on what I can try?
Thanks

Last edited by metaverse (2011-10-03 20:48:32)

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#2 2011-10-03 20:10:50

mar04
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Re: [SOLVED] backlight dimming after 10s of idling

Open dconf-editor and navigate to /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/ where you can find more power related options.

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#3 2011-10-03 20:41:44

metaverse
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Re: [SOLVED] backlight dimming after 10s of idling

Thanks, changing "idle-dim-time" from 10 to 120 did the trick. I wonder why it's as low as 10 by default, really annoying...

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#4 2011-10-03 20:46:40

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Re: [SOLVED] backlight dimming after 10s of idling

Don't forget to mark the topic [Solved].


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