Bug#503377: vlc: Seems to start gnome-power-manager when playing

[Alex Dănilă]

Hi,
VLC will open gnome-power-manager in the background with an icon in the 
tray, as it should.

I am running KDE and do the power settings with the kde powermanager.

The problem is that when gpm starts it will apply its own settings, 
possibly different from the settings in kde pm. It's unconfortable to 
adjust brightness and stuff twice each time. Uninstalling gpm solves the 
problem with no unwanted effects.

I confirm that the bug is still here with the VLC from unstable updated 
today, and also confirm that it only starts when VLC is running.

Alex

Christophe Mutricy wrote:
> Le Sat 25 Oct 08 à 14:32 +0200, Alex a écrit :
>   
>> The experimental version of VLC seems to be starting gnome-power-manager 
>> when playing a movie. Gnome-power-manager never starts by itself in any 
>> other situation that when playing a movie with VLC.
>>     
>
> So it opens the window of gnome-power-manager ? not just start it in the
> background ?
>   
>> This is unconfortable because:
>> -gnome-power-manager will change the brightness set by the KDE applet
>> -gnome-power-manager does not have a quit option, so it needs to be 
>> killed by some means.
>>     
>
> I'm a bit confused. Are you running Gnome or KDE ?
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