Display Fading while idle

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Display Fading while idle

Post by StAugGator »

Hi everyone,

I'm running Linux Mint 8 Gnome and am having a problem with the display fading when I leave it idle, but it is not going to sleep. Is there a way I can stop it? It's getting annoying because it is happening to me while I watch videos on Hulu, Youtube, etc. while I have the videos on full screen.

Thanks for your help everyone.
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exploder
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Re: Display Fading while idle

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I think it is just your screensaver, it is set by default to blank screen in 5 minutes. Just increase the time.
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StAugGator

Re: Display Fading while idle

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Haha, I can't believe I didn't think of that. Many thanks exploder!
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Re: Display Fading while idle

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Any time! :)
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dawgdoc

Re: Display Fading while idle

Post by dawgdoc »

Another possibility is to check your Power Management Preferences.

Under both the On AC Power and On Battery Power tabs there are check box options to dim the display when idle.
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