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On Ubuntu 11.10, when on battery, the screen dims after 10 seconds of inactivity. This is annoying because it is too short. Is there anyway to increase this timeout?

I know I can disable it, but that is not what I want.

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This command should set the time to 60 seconds:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim-time 60

In earlier Ubuntu versions, this setting can be found with the gconf-editor under gnome-power-manager. See also this thread.

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Thanks! This worked :D – amfcosta Jan 24 '12 at 20:05
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I'm absolutely comfortable using the terminal (and this worked great for me by the way), but I sure do wish Ubuntu 11.10 let me change these kind of things through the "System Settings" GUI... – b.long Feb 17 '12 at 0:01
There's no reason this shouldn't be configurable through the GUI settings. – Thucydides411 Jul 23 '12 at 16:16
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gconf-editor does not exist in newer Ubuntus any more. Use dconf-editor instead. – Karl Frisk Nov 22 '12 at 14:51
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In 12.04, the setting using GUI now exists via System Settings → Brightness and Lock.

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I'm using 12.04, all updates installed, and there's no setting to set the screen dim timeout in "Brightness and lock". The only "timeout" option on the "Brightness and lock" settings menu is to turn the screen off, which is not the same thing as dimming its brightness. – amfcosta Sep 13 '12 at 13:38

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