I don't use qemu/kvm, and unfortunately still have the same problems as
in post #3. Any progress on it?
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power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473705
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Some applications disable the screensaver (and power management) when they're
running. qemu is one such application.
The times I've seen this were when I was running qemu.
you can stop qemu (and actually, all SDL applications) from disabling
the screensaver by putting
For me, one source of this problem is qemu/kvm. http://bugs.debian.org
/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578672 suggests setting
SDL_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER=1 .
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #578672
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578672
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power management does not
Um - I don't know that I know how to set SDL_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER=1
- can you explain?
Thanks,
Tom
P.S. I have upgraded to 10.04 and have seen something like this only
once...
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power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473705
You
I'm seeing this problem in Lucid and I've been experiencing since I updated to
Karmic.
I thought that it might be something that went wrong in the update process. But
now, I made a clean install of Lucid, and the problem remains.
Sometimes it works well, but most of the times it doesn't.
I've also seen this both on karmic and on lucid. I've no easy way to
reproduce it, nor a way to fix it (other than log out, log back in or
reboot).
One thing I noticed yesterday, was that 'xset dpms force off' would turn
off the monitors (both LCD of laptop and external monitor) but then
after a
Same problem here. The power manager is inconsistent. I have the screen-
saver turned off and 'Put display to sleep when inactive' set to 5
minutes. Occasionally the power manager does not kick in and the display
remains on.
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power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor
OK -- so I spent some time with this machine tonight... It seems that
the real problem is just the first screen-saver / idle time. So - here
is a repeatable sequence:
1) After a clean shutdown, power on the machine and let Ubuntu boot;
2) Login as a user;
3) leave the display idle (my machine
This condition is happening after boot-up / login. The power manager is
set to turn the monitor off after 5 minutes, but it does not do so on
the initial inactive period. I am still trying to get a repeatable
sequence, but it look like if I allow the screen saver to blank the
screen (set to 3
