Bug#541623: gnome-power-manager: g-p-m Destroys Xorg DPMS Settings
Leo L. Schwab
ewhac at ewhac.org
Fri Aug 14 23:56:12 UTC 2009
Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.24.4-3
Severity: normal
I have a slightly odd setup here -- I don't run GNOME, but I do run
gnome-power-manager by hand, since it's the only utility (so far) that
nicely handles the ACPI suspend and hibernate events. With a recent update
to g-p-m, I've noticed that the display is no longer blanking after some
minutes of inactivity. I've traced this to the DPMS settings in the X
server (reported via xset) being reset to zero.
gnome-settings-daemon is running; gnome-screensaver is not (nor is
it going to). xscreensaver is not running, either.
To observe the problem:
- Login to an X session that does not launch GNOME services or
helpers by default (such as Windowmaker).
- Run 'xset -q'. The default DPMS timeout settings should be
reported (your local config may vary):
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 600 Suspend: 1200 Off: 1200
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
- Launch gnome-power-manager in the background.
- Run 'xset -q' again. The DMPS timeout settings have been
destroyed:
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
If you use xset to restore the DPMS timeouts, they will be erased
again if you interact at all with g-p-m, including using the ACPI keys to
suspend the system.
Please investigate this matter.
Schwab
-- Package-specific info:
Distro version: squeeze/sid
Kernel version: 2.6.29
g-p-m version: 2.24.4
HAL version: 0.5.13
System manufacturer: missing
System version: missing
System product: missing
AC adapter present: yes
Battery present: yes
Laptop panel present: yes
CPU scaling present: yes
Battery Information:
battery.charge_level.current = 44350 (0xad3e) (int)
battery.charge_level.design = 65520 (0xfff0) (int)
battery.charge_level.last_full = 45360 (0xb130) (int)
battery.charge_level.percentage = 97 (0x61) (int)
battery.charge_level.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool)
battery.model = '42T4512' (string)
battery.present = true (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool)
battery.reporting.current = 44350 (0xad3e) (int)
battery.reporting.design = 65520 (0xfff0) (int)
battery.reporting.last_full = 45360 (0xb130) (int)
battery.reporting.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion' (string)
battery.reporting.unit = 'mWh' (string)
battery.serial = ' 248' (string)
battery.technology = 'lithium-ion' (string)
battery.type = 'primary' (string)
battery.vendor = 'SANYO' (string)
battery.voltage.current = 16349 (0x3fdd) (int)
battery.voltage.design = 14400 (0x3840) (int)
battery.voltage.unit = 'mV' (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
ewhac 31365 0.2 0.5 28624 16224 pts/0 SN+ 14:40 0:01 | \_ /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/reportbug gnome-power-
ewhac 31626 0.0 0.0 4472 1476 pts/0 SN+ 14:49 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/share/gnome-power-manager/
ewhac 31648 0.0 0.0 4472 440 pts/0 RN+ 14:49 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/share/gnome-power-mana
HAL Process Information:
105 6503 0.0 0.1 7044 4812 ? Ss 01:38 0:03 /usr/sbin/hald
root 6504 0.0 0.0 3424 1252 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ hald-runner
root 6586 0.0 0.0 3488 1096 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-leds
root 6587 0.0 0.0 3488 1092 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch
root 6588 0.0 0.0 3484 1116 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
root 6620 0.0 0.0 3488 1120 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 /dev/input
root 6623 0.0 0.0 3500 1192 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
105 6624 0.0 0.0 3352 1120 ? S 01:38 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-acpi
root 6625 0.0 0.0 3492 1116 ? S 01:38 0:02 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda (every 2 sec)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii consolekit 0.3.0-3 framework for defining and trackin
ii dbus-x11 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gconf2 2.26.2-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii hal 0.5.13-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.1-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgconf2-4 2.26.2-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.4-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 2.26.1-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.26.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.24-1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.5-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.26.2-1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.5-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2 X11 RandR extension library
ii notification-daemon 0.4.0-1 a daemon that displays passive pop
gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.
gnome-power-manager suggests no packages.
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