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Title: Avoid screen turning off when the screen is locked?
ID: /2018/02/21/Avoid-screen-turning-off-when-the-screen-is-locked_
Created: February 21, 2018
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Terminal CLI method

To prevent screen from turning off you need two settings, one under battery power the other when plugged into wall outlet (A/C).

For battery timeout:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-timeout <time_in_seconds>

For AC timeout:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout <time_in_seconds>

So for both Battery and A/C set the time to 0 (never).

For Login screen:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver idle-activation-enabled false

Disable dimming screen when idle:

In Unix & Linux someone complained when on battery screen dims every 20 seconds and wants to turn that feature off:

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