[Bug 694016] Re: DPMS Suspend doesn't work unless lid is open on laptop.

2011-04-29 Thread Tom Star
I think that considering how many people use laptop these days, this should be a major issue. Seriously, these kind of bugs affect user experience a lot. I am aware that security and stability problems are of highest priority, but how can anyone expect Linux to become more widespread on desktops

[Bug 550054] Re: Power Manager Not putting Monitor to Sleep

2010-08-15 Thread Tom Star
Hi nightflow, Initially when I used the command you posted, every time a signal was received with a member value ActiveChanged, the display was turned off immediately. So for some bizarre reason the interface name was totally ignored (e.g. when I plugged in/unplugged my USB pendrive, the

[Bug 550054] Re: Power Manager Not putting Monitor to Sleep

2010-08-14 Thread Tom Star
Yes, I did set the screensaver to activate! The problem is that this script kept turning my external display off whenever I stopped moving the mouse -immediately! :-) Here is what I did: - Copied your Perl script from this webpage. - Pasted it into my editor (checked that it contains no malicious

[Bug 550054] Re: Power Manager Not putting Monitor to Sleep

2010-08-01 Thread Tom Star
The same problem with Ubuntu 10.04, MSI CX600 notebook with ATI VGA card. As long as the lid is open, everything is fine. When I close it, the external display does not get turned off any more. I have tried the script above, but unfortunately it did not work. -- Power Manager Not putting