# \[RESPONDED\] Fedora Dimming after one minute **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [February 27, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017 "2024-02-27T05:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/1 "2024-02-27T05:00:48Z")
One thing that bugs me with Fedora 39 is that the screen dims after only one minute. This is on an AMD. I have the power settings on Power Savings, but Automatic Screen Brightness and Dim Screen are turned off. What do I need to do? ---
**Author:** ![Loell\_Framework](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Loell\_Framework](https://community.frame.work/u/Loell_Framework)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/2 "2024-02-27T14:32:24Z")
Maybe try disabling dimm on power saving options on settings? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/3 "2024-02-27T14:39:52Z")
As I mentioned, I’ve already done that. ---
**Author:** ![Loell\_Framework](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Loell\_Framework](https://community.frame.work/u/Loell_Framework)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/4 "2024-02-27T14:42:34Z")
Ah right, sorry missed that, are you on latest BIOS version? ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Hartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/matt_hartley/32/13623_2.png) [@Matt\_Hartley](https://community.frame.work/u/Matt_Hartley)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/5 "2024-02-27T17:35:01Z")
> [@Michael\_Polsinelli](#): > > One thing that bugs me with Fedora 39 is that the screen dims after only one minute. This is on an AMD. I have the power settings on Power Savings, but Automatic Screen Brightness and Dim Screen are turned off. What do I need to do? Sounds like the dimming is still enabled. So long as you are on officially supported GNOME Fedora 39 Workstation, this should help. Run: `gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim` If it comes back as `true`, try this: `gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim false` then check again: `gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim` ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/6 "2024-02-27T22:30:52Z")
I’m using the current bios. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/7 "2024-02-27T22:31:20Z")
I checked, and it came back as false. It’s still doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Loell\_Framework](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Loell\_Framework](https://community.frame.work/u/Loell_Framework)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/8 "2024-02-28T10:45:02Z")
It looks like, when you’re on power saving mode the dimm is overriden to take effect even when disabled. Maybe try [xset -dpms](https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/187pgnz/dim_screen_toggle_does_not_work/) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/9 "2024-02-29T04:18:02Z")
This is what I got: server does not have extension for -dpms option ---
**Author:** ![Loell\_Framework](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Loell\_Framework](https://community.frame.work/u/Loell_Framework)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/10 "2024-03-01T01:26:36Z")
How about via [dconf](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1408394/my-screen-goes-black-after-30-seconds-of-inactivity-in-ubuntu-22-04)? org-\>gnome-\>settings-\>daemon-\>plugins-\>power-\>sleep-inactive-ac-timeout set sleep-inactive-ac-timeout to 300 (seconds) set sleep-inactive-ac-type to ‘logout’ ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/11 "2024-03-02T06:45:48Z")
That was confusing but helpful. I didn’t realize dconf was dconf editor that needed to be installed. Also, why did you put ‘logout’? I replaced it with ‘nothing’ for both AC and battery. It did seem to have done the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Polsinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Polsinelli](https://community.frame.work/u/Michael_Polsinelli)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/12 "2024-03-02T21:15:09Z")
Actually, it didn’t fix it. Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Loell\_Framework](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Loell\_Framework](https://community.frame.work/u/Loell_Framework)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/13 "2024-03-05T12:47:20Z")
It feels like by design, and inherent with GNOME, are you open to other Desktop Environments? that may offer more options, or play with non-saving power mode which won’t dimm your screen. ---
**Author:** ![Usernames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/usernames/32/40546_2.png) [@Usernames](https://community.frame.work/u/Usernames)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/14 "2024-03-06T05:13:16Z")
> [@Michael\_Polsinelli](#): > > What do I need to do? I had this same issue, searching for a solution lead me to KDE… [Here](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/671) you can see the response to a user is that all is behaving as expected, user settings are not respected in this mode. I think this is one of those things like brightness increments that are not user adjustable unless you want to build it yourself. Seems they took inspiration from Apple’s “low power mode” which also overrides user screen timeout settings and forces it to 30s. > **[power: Dim screen faster if power saver mode is on (!256) · Merge requests ·...](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/merge_requests/256)** > > As done on other platforms, aggressively dim the screen after a short period when the user has selected to enter power saver mode. Idle inhibitions are... ---
**Author:** ![Guest173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@Guest173](https://community.frame.work/u/Guest173)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/responded-fedora-dimming-after-one-minute/46017/15 "2025-02-14T23:34:04Z")
Thanks for sharing the link! The last message in that thread has useful advice. I was able to prevent automatic dimming in power mode in Fedora 41 by running the following in the Terminal: `gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-brightness 100`