On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 22:36 +0100, Nikolaus Schulz wrote: > the algorithms used by gnome-power-manager/gnome-screensaver to > determine if a system is idle do not detect at least two common > scenarios: remote ssh logins, and the computer playing music, with > nobody between chair and keyboard. > > This means that, if gnome-power-manager is configured to suspend my > computer when it's idle, it cuts off active ssh sessions, and kills my > jukebox as well.
Hi, At the moment, the multi user scenario doesn't work very well in gnome-power-manager. Not for two users locally sharing the desktop, and not for remote logins. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348218 and http://live.gnome.org/BetterPowerManager Music playback should be handled better by g-p-m, Rhythmbox for example inhibits g-p-m from suspending. I guess your music player lacks this functionality. You could use the Inhibit Applet to work around this. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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