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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: Yet another way to dim your screen...
Keywords: screen saver, auto-dim
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Date: 31 May 91 01:08:04 GMT
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In article <1991May31.003447.9457@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu writes:
>THE PROBLEM is that the auto-dim brightness is reset to 15 on
>next workspace login.  It seems to persist after logout, though.

Sounds like a job for a LoginHook/LogoutHook program, for lack of a 
permenent solution, like making the auto-dim level a preferences choice.  

I cannot imagine why the screen is just not blanked completely.

louie