# Power settings missing "Dim screen when inactive"

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941>\
**Category:** SLES Hardware\
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941 "2016-02-29T21:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![rsorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@rsorel](https://forums.suse.com/u/rsorel)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941/1 "2016-02-29T21:15:16Z")

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Hello,  
SLES12, No service packs, no updates, running on a desktop system (i3). When I select Applications \> System Tools \> Settings \> Power, the “Dim screen when inactive” is missing. It used to be there in SLES11.

Any ideas?  
Thank you, Roland

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941/2 "2016-03-07T07:30:17Z")

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**Author:** ![rsorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@rsorel](https://forums.suse.com/u/rsorel)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941/3 "2016-03-14T17:18:01Z")

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OK, I have tried this with SLES12 SP1 and it is still missing. Is it no longer supported? The manual shows it present.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/power-settings-missing-dim-screen-when-inactive/27941/4 "2016-03-14T17:36:54Z")

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> [@](#):
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> On Mon 14 Mar 2016 03:24:01 PM CDT, rsorel wrote:
> 
> OK, I have tried this with SLES12 SP1 and it is still missing. Is it no  
> longer supported? The manual shows it present.

Hi  
I don’t use a screen with SLES, however it should be there via  
gsettings;

```auto
gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim
false

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim true
```

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