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| author | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-16 07:51:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-16 07:51:14 -0400 |
| commit | 71f499372f07b3f3ae7a891cea4bc4f1e2492173 (patch) | |
| tree | b63cee8c9e7fcc567276737c63263d7f5b007c41 /gnome-help/C/power-whydim.page | |
| parent | d1ffabb650fef03096d29f1faf0f0399415e781a (diff) | |
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/power-whydim.page b/gnome-help/C/power-whydim.page index 067843b..7f0e61f 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/power-whydim.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/power-whydim.page @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ id="power-whydim"> <info> - <link type="guide" xref="power#problems"/> - <desc>XXX</desc> - <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/> + <link type="guide" xref="power#battery"/> + <desc></desc> + <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email> @@ -15,8 +15,20 @@ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> - <title>Why does the screen dim after a few seconds?</title> - + <title>Dim the Monitor When Idle</title> + <p> + When your laptop computer is running on battery, the screen will dim when the computer is idle in order to save power. + </p> +<p> + You can adjust the dimming brightness, disable it, or change the amount of time before dimming by following these steps:</p> +<steps> +<item><p>Click <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq></p></item> +<item><p>Type <input>gconf-editor</input>. The <app>Gnome Configuration Editor</app> window opens.</p></item> +<item><p>In the left panel click <guiseq><gui>/</gui><gui>apps</gui><gui>gnome-power-manager</gui><gui>backlight</gui></guiseq>.</p></item> +<item><p>In the right panel, you can now adjust the <gui>brightness_dim_batter</gui>, <gui>idle_brightness</gui>, and <gui>idle_dim_time</gui> by clicking twice (not double-clicking) on the associated <gui>Value</gui>. This will allow you to change the value in the field. </p></item> +<item><p>You can also choose to disable this feature by unchecking the box next to <gui>enable</gui>.</p></item> +</steps> + <comment> <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite> <p>Explain that screen dimming is a power saving feature, normally when disconnected from AC power. Link to power-dim to explain how to control this behaviour.</p> |