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xfce:xfce4-power-manager:preferences [2022/12/13 18:32] – New Section: Security alexxconsxfce:xfce4-power-manager:preferences [2023/01/07 19:53] (current) – [Buttons] clarified brightness-slider-min-level calculation toz
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 Alternatively you can also create the property via xfce4-settings-editor. Alternatively you can also create the property via xfce4-settings-editor.
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 +Note: the minimum value should be a value relevant to your backlight interface as shown (on Linux) in the /sys/class/backlight/INTERFACE/* files. For example, a "max_brightness" value of 10,000 means that to set the minimum value at 10%, you would use 1,000 as the brightness-slider-min-level value.
 ==== Laptop Lid ==== ==== Laptop Lid ====
 You can choose separate options to favor power saving (suspend), security (lock screen) or quick recovery (blank screen), depending on whether you are running on battery or plugged in. You can choose separate options to favor power saving (suspend), security (lock screen) or quick recovery (blank screen), depending on whether you are running on battery or plugged in.
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 By checking **Show notifications**, you enable informational popups for events like plugging and unplugging or low battery charge. By checking **Show notifications**, you enable informational popups for events like plugging and unplugging or low battery charge.
  
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   * **On critical battery power:** --- Determines the action to take when the battery reaches the user-configured critical charge threshold.   * **On critical battery power:** --- Determines the action to take when the battery reaches the user-configured critical charge threshold.
  
-==== Security ==== 
-When this option is enabled you will be prompted for your password to unlock the session after resuming from suspend. 
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 Power Manager does assume that each of these options will work at the hardware level and so it attempts to prevent an illogical configuration; e.g., a **Blank after** period greater than a **Put to sleep after** one. In a setup like the one shown in the screenshot above, if you drag the //On battery// **Put to sleep after** slider down to, say, 5 minutes, the **Blank after** slider will automatically move to one minute less. Likewise, if you try to reduce the **Switch off after** period to less than the other two, it will move the other two sliders to one minute and two minutes less, respectively. Power Manager does assume that each of these options will work at the hardware level and so it attempts to prevent an illogical configuration; e.g., a **Blank after** period greater than a **Put to sleep after** one. In a setup like the one shown in the screenshot above, if you drag the //On battery// **Put to sleep after** slider down to, say, 5 minutes, the **Blank after** slider will automatically move to one minute less. Likewise, if you try to reduce the **Switch off after** period to less than the other two, it will move the other two sliders to one minute and two minutes less, respectively.
  
-==== Brightness reduction ==== +? Brightness reduction 
-These settings allow you to be more or less aggressive with screen brightness reduction depending on whether the laptop is running on battery or plugged in. +! These settings allow you to be more or less aggressive with screen brightness reduction depending on whether the laptop is running on battery or plugged in.
  
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 Here you can configure details about session locking. Here you can configure details about session locking.
  
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