Bug#466666: gnome-power-manager: dims the display when idle in X but not idle in another account on a virtual console

[Loïc Minier]

        Hi,

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008, Paul Wise wrote:
> Sometimes I switch to a virtual console to do some work as root, after a
> little while, GNOME dims my laptop display slightly due to the fact that
> I am idle in the GNOME session. It should only dim the display if the
> current vt is X.

 I think I disagree: I think apps shouldn't be aware of which vt you're
 on; IMO, the brightness should be saved on vt switch and changing the
 vt under vt foo should only affect vt foo.

 What's your xorg driver and version?  I think I'll reassign this to
 xorg or your display driver.

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier