[SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity

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peppergrower Registered Member Posts 25 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:01 pm I'm trying out KDE after using GNOME for 6-8 months, and I'm looking for a feature that I rather liked in GNOME. Namely, after a certain period of inactivity the screen on my laptop will dim to minimum brightness until I move the mouse or start typing again. Is there a way to set this up in KDE as well? (Bonus points if I can set the period of inactivity, which I couldn't figure out how to do in GNOME.)
Hans Administrator Posts 3304 Karma 24 OS	[SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:17 pm I guess you use KDE 4.2? System Settings -> Advanced -> Power Management. Problem solved? Please click on "Accept this answer" below the post with the best answer to mark your topic as solved. 10 things you might want to do in KDE \| Open menu with Super key \| Mouse shortcuts
peppergrower Registered Member Posts 25 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:14 am Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I like the different profiles. (I'd gone to the "Guidance Power Manager" by double-clicking on the battery power plasmoid, but I missed the "Advanced" tab in the System Settings Panel, which has different options.)
Ahmad Samir Registered Member Posts 127 Karma 0 OS	RE: [SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:14 pm Guidance Power Manager is a totally different power manager than PowerDevil which you reach via systemsettings.
peppergrower Registered Member Posts 25 Karma 0 OS	RE: [SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:34 pm medo3891 wrote:Guidance Power Manager is a totally different power manager than PowerDevil which you reach via systemsettings. I realize that now, but that seems rather confusing to me. Why would anyone need more than one power manager? Or rather, why have similar options in two different places?
Ahmad Samir Registered Member Posts 127 Karma 0 OS	RE: [SOLVED] Dim screen after inactivity Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:55 pm PowerDevil is the default in kde4, but in 4.1.x it didn't work IIRC maybe that's whey guidance was installed? I don't know, not an ubuntu user. Of course PowerDevil integrates better in kde4, more options too.