Creating Presets
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## Creating Presets

Presets allow you to define more than one color space environment for your flat panel display. To create your own preset:

1. Click New, name your preset, and click OK.

2. Choose your new gamma, color temperature and intensity settings.

3. Click Apply to save.

| Note: Whenever you click Apply, the gamma, color temperature and intensity settings will be saved to the current preset.

| Tip: The preset configuration active at the time you press Close is automatically loaded for all future sessions. Run the Settings control panel during your next session to ensure you have your preferred preset loaded.

| Note: The settings created by your Silicon Graphics 1600SW Settings control panel are stored under `$HOME/.Sgiresources`. You can edit this file to remove preset configurations.

| Note: To ensure that preset configurations are loaded each time a user begins an Xsession, all color managed user accounts should have the following line added to the `$HOME/.sgisession` file:

    /usr/sbin/flatpanel -nogui

Upon logging into an account configured in this manner, your last active preset configuration will automatically be loaded for your system.

Without such a change, you will need to run the Silicon Graphics 1600SW Settings control panel each time you begin a new Xsession. In a multiuser environment, such a change is mandatory if each user wishes to use the flat panel calibrated to his or her own liking. Additionally, each user should perform a calibration of the panel, particularly if the room lighting or other workarea conditions differ between users. Calibration data is stored in the file

    $HOME/.desktop-[hostname]/fp1600sw

| Tip: Keep in mind that you should always use the Screen Saver program with the Power Saver option selected to prolong the life of your backlights (and, in turn, reduce the need for frequent recalibration with the Gamma Sensor).

| Note: The login screen saver is not affected by the Screen Saver settings of any user including `root`. We recommend that you edit the file

    /var/X11/xdm/Xlogin

Look for the line which includes the command

    if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xset ] ; then
    /usr/bin/X11/xset s [seconds] [seconds]
    fi

We suggest altering both arguments in the second line to one-half the values shown. For example,

    if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xset ] ; then
    /usr/bin/X11/xset s 600 1200
    fi

becomes

    if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xset ] ; then
    /usr/bin/X11/xset s 300 600
    fi

See the `xset` reference page for more details.

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