Bug#543999: gnome-power-manager: interferes with pbbuttonsd. Screen brightness adjustments don't stick.

[katarina]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.22.1-4
Severity: important


iBook G3, 500mhz (dual usb) 

Solved the issue by killing gnome-power-manager.

Was having a problem with the monitor's brightness setting not sticking when set with the hotkeys (works fine when changed using the brightness applet).  Monitor would revert to a former brightness level shortly after (15-60 seconds).

Message seen (whilst in tty) when brightness would revert: 'ondemand governor failed, too long transition latency of HW, fallback to performance governor'.

Found solution here: http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=debian-powerpc&a=2008-11&t=9154433


-- Package-specific info:
Distro version:       5.0.2
Kernel version:       2.6.26-2-powerpc
g-p-m version:        open
'gnome-power-manager
HAL version:          0.5.11
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.present = false  (bool)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
suna     19652  3.0  0.2   4840  1624 pts/7    S+   21:17   0:00  |           \_ /bin/sh /usr/share/gnome-power-manager/gnome
HAL Process Information:
106       2196  0.1  0.5   7516  3288 ?        Ss   Aug20  14:23 /usr/sbin/hald
root      2197  0.0  0.2   4124  1180 ?        S    Aug20   0:09  \_ hald-runner
root      2215  0.0  0.1   4264  1060 ?        S    Aug20   1:49      \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event2 /de
root      2219  0.0  0.2   4276  1228 ?        S    Aug20   0:00      \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
root      2229  0.0  0.1   4264  1056 ?        S    Aug20   4:48      \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdb (every 2 sec)
106       2230  0.0  0.1   2860   772 ?        S    Aug20   0:56      \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-pmu

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  dbus-x11               1.2.1-5+lenny1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                 2.22.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  hal                    0.5.11-8          Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-2          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                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.6.4-7           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.1-5+lenny1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.76-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-3           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.7-2+lenny1    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           2.16.6-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0      2.22.3-2          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           2.20.1.1-2        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.22.0-5        GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0     0.10.19-3         Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.12-1~lenny1  The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal1                0.5.11-8          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              1:2.14.13-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0     2.20.3-5          library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.5-5          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.27-2+lenny2   PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.14-4            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-2         X11 Session Management library
ii  libwnck22              2.22.3-1          Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.5-2         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                 2:1.1.4-1         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.6.32.dfsg-5     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             2:1.2.3-1         X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.4-2         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-12 compression library - runtime

gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.

gnome-power-manager suggests no packages.

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