Bug#473308: gnome-power-manager: idle detection stomps over active sessions

[Nikolaus Schulz]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.22.0-1
Severity: important

Hi, 

the algorithms used by gnome-power-manager/gnome-screensaver to
determine if a system is idle do not detect at least two common
scenarios: remote ssh logins, and the computer playing music, with
nobody between chair and keyboard. 

This means that, if gnome-power-manager is configured to suspend my
computer when it's idle, it cuts off active ssh sessions, and kills my
jukebox as well.

Nikolaus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                 2.22.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  hal                    0.5.11~rc2-1      Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.22.0-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.22.0-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.7-9             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.4.14-1          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.1.20-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.74-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.5.0-2           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.5-1+b1        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.22.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.2-1         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.1-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0      2.22.0-2          GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0            2.20.1.1-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.20.1.1-1        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.20.1.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.22.0-2        GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0     0.10.18-4         Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.9-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal1                0.5.11~rc2-1      Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.12-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0     2.20.3-3          library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.0-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.15~beta5-3    PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.10-3            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-1+b1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libwnck22              2.22.0-1          Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-7         X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1            1:1.1.9-1         X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3             1:4.0.3-2         X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                 2:1.1.3-1         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-1         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.6.31.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             2:1.2.2-1         X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.4-1         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  notification-daemon    0.3.7-1+b1        a daemon that displays passive pop
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime

gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.

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