Gnome3 can not set energy saving properties











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Neither using the Settings application nor the command:



gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 120


Does have any affect on turning the monitor idle.






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Neither using the Settings application nor the command:



gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 120


Does have any affect on turning the monitor idle.






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Neither using the Settings application nor the command:



gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 120


Does have any affect on turning the monitor idle.






gnome3 power-management monitors




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  • Are you using X and if so, is DPMS enabled according to xset -q?
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  • Are you using X and if so, is DPMS enabled according to xset -q?
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    yesterday
















Are you using X and if so, is DPMS enabled according to xset -q?
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Are you using X and if so, is DPMS enabled according to xset -q?
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GUI : To change the keys you can use “dconf Editor “.



it worked fine for me.



edit : try flipping values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay to 300
( the values are in seconds, so 300 = 5 min



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  • What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
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  • values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
    – Kushagra Karira
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  • This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
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GUI : To change the keys you can use “dconf Editor “.



it worked fine for me.



edit : try flipping values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay to 300
( the values are in seconds, so 300 = 5 min



enter image description hereutes )






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  • What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
    – Jeff Schaller
    2 days ago










  • values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
    – Kushagra Karira
    yesterday












  • This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
    – don_crissti
    yesterday

















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GUI : To change the keys you can use “dconf Editor “.



it worked fine for me.



edit : try flipping values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay to 300
( the values are in seconds, so 300 = 5 min



enter image description hereutes )






share|improve this answer























  • What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
    – Jeff Schaller
    2 days ago










  • values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
    – Kushagra Karira
    yesterday












  • This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
    – don_crissti
    yesterday















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GUI : To change the keys you can use “dconf Editor “.



it worked fine for me.



edit : try flipping values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay to 300
( the values are in seconds, so 300 = 5 min



enter image description hereutes )






share|improve this answer














GUI : To change the keys you can use “dconf Editor “.



it worked fine for me.



edit : try flipping values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay to 300
( the values are in seconds, so 300 = 5 min



enter image description hereutes )







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  • What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
    – Jeff Schaller
    2 days ago










  • values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
    – Kushagra Karira
    yesterday












  • This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
    – don_crissti
    yesterday




















  • What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
    – Jeff Schaller
    2 days ago










  • values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
    – Kushagra Karira
    yesterday












  • This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
    – don_crissti
    yesterday


















What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
– Jeff Schaller
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What keys are you changing? Could you flesh out this answer a little bit to describe how it would solve the problem at hand?
– Jeff Schaller
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values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
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values of org/gnome/desktop/session idle-delay, it does exactly what the command says.
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This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
– don_crissti
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This is exactly what the OP reports as not working (we're talking about the same dconf key). Saying "it's working for me" doesn't help much...
– don_crissti
yesterday












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