Thanks for checking, Jeenu. Over the next few weeks we will be doing several changes to gnome-power-manager and devicekit-power. We'll have to work on improving this in Karmic since it may be impossible to backport the significant changes in GPM into Jaunty.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Jeenu V<[email protected]> wrote: > I tried to reproduce this bug with Alpha release 2 of Karmic Koala (live > CD). However, this behave differently then. The display never shuts down > if I were to boot it from CD. If I press Ctrl+Alt+L, display simply goes > blank (with background lit), and never shuts off. As stupid as it might > sound, I changed the passwd to check if pretending to be a "real" user > makes a difference; but it didn't! So I guess I won't be able to > reproduce it with live CD. > > As an aside, I noticed this behavior with Jaunty installation: I mostly > use my laptop under my login (jeenu). However, I have another login for > friends (guest). If it so happens that I do a "switch user" from jeenu > to guest, then: > > * The LCD brightness is reset to maximum, no matter what preference is set in > guest login. Also, it never comes back to default level, even if I switch > back to jeenu - I've to crank it down manually (well, it does sometimes, but > rarely) > * Even if display were to sleep (either by timeout or by manually locking > screen), it never shuts off! It just goes blank, with background lit. > > I think all these are related. I'm glad to provide you with any logs > that you might require - please let me know. > > -- > Display wakes up bright on power loss, and doesn't go off > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377166 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > This problem is observed on my laptop, Dell Inspiron 6400 running Ubuntu > (Jaunty at present, but was there for previous releases too). > > Steps to reproduce this: Lock the laptop by pressing Ctrl+Alt+L. Display goes > to sleep after some time, leaving it blank and black. Now witch the power > off, or plug the power cord out. LCD display suddenly wakes up showing the > password entry dialog, as if I pressed a key or clicked the mouse. Display, > then wouldn't shutdown (i.e. goes off), until I press ESC and thus quitting > the password entry dialog. > > The problem, here, is that display stays bright even after power loss, there > by draining the battery quite fast. > -- Display wakes up bright on power loss, and doesn't go off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
