What is "DimDisplay" and why is KDE demanding it?

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On 07/31/13 19:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 31/07/13 04:00, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:15:30 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> On 29/07/13 19:07, Duncan wrote:
>>>> Nikos Chantziaras posted on Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:41:46 +0300 as
>> excerpted:
>>>>> In KDE 4.11 (since the first beta, currently on 4.10.97), every 
>>>>> time I
>>>>>
>>>>> login I get an error message:
>>>>>      The profile AC tried to activate DimDisplay, a non existent
>>>>>      action.
>>>>>      This is usually due to an installation problem or to a
>>>>>      configuration
>>>>>      problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get this message every time, in a weird box at the top of the
>> screen:
>>>>> http://13o.imghost.us/NM/power_bug.png
>>>>>
>>>>> Any hints on how to stop that from happening?
>>>> [...]
>>
>> This:
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1301360
>>
>> suggests:
>>
>> Just delete the Section
>>
>> [AC][DimDisplay]
>> idleTime=240000
>>
>> in .kde4/share/config/powermanagementprofilesrc and its gone
>
> Thanks! That gets rid of the message box. Looks like a bug, so I've 
> just reported it. In case anyone else has the same issue and wants to 
> confirm:
>
>   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323045
>
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Can you change the brightness via softare (in power devil)?
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