Hi,
I recently installed Debian Bookworm using the Mate environment.
I noticed that no matter what power settings I choose, the monitors
never power off. The screensaver can lock the screen, but it then just
stays on for many hours.
I have external analog speakers that I use, and also terrible, tinny
speakers built into my HDMI monitor that i never use because they suck.
I suspended my system from the System menu Monday night. When I woke it
up Tuesday morning, sound was coming from the HDMI monitor. The Sound
Settings didn't know about any other sound system. I tried
killing/restarting pulseaudio, but of course, Mate's seemingly-similar
audio system was installed instead. I then uninstalled that and
installed pulseaudio. This did not help. I had to reboot to get audio
back through the speakers. This sort of defeats the point of suspending.
I suspended before leaving for the office today. When I came back, the
sound system still didn't admit the existence of the analog speakers. I
had to reboot again. Now "Analog Stereo Duplex" is there again.
Yes, I did try unplugging and replugging the speaker wire.
Please let me know what other information would help debug this problem.
Also, should it become necessary, what packages would I report these
bugs in? Perhaps, mate-power-manager and pulseaudio?
This is an ASUS PN53 small form-factor unit, if that helps any.
Thank you.
-Carl Fink
