Changing brightness in gnome-power-manager has no effect

Well it's mostly all in the title. When I change the brightness slider in gnome-power-manager it has no affect on brightness. However the fn key combo for changing the brightness does have change the brightness yet it brings up the volume like dialog for brightness yet no change is registered on the slider (despite brightness increasing). This erratic behavior is not seen in Fedora or Ubuntu so I know it can be made to work. I have a Dell Inspiron 640m.

thunderogg wrote:Maybe a stupid question: Are you a member of the power group? I had a similar problem when I forgot to add my user to the power group.
I am now. But it hasn't fixed anything. I restarted X after adding my user to the group.
However when I started gnome-power-manager as root. It wouldn't let me access the preference dialog BUT when I increased or decreased the brightness it showed me the proper progressbar indicator. I will restart and see what happens.
edit:
After a restart all is working well as far as I can tell. Thank you very much for all your help. It seems it was in fact an issue with the groups.
Last edited by ihavenoname (2008-09-09 05:26:13)

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[SOLVED] GNOME Power Manager Icon

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With the recent influx of GNOME 2.22 packages, gnome-power-manager has begun to behave strangely on my system.
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Last edited by ssjlegendx (2008-04-20 18:34:53)

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Gnome-power-manager and screen brightness

gnome-power-manager appears to be screwing with my ability to adjust the screen brightness. Now there are only two brightness settings that work - the ones defined in gnome-power-manager settings. Using the keyboard shortcuts "works" in that I can increase the brightness one level but then the change gets overridden. Decreasing the brightness sets it at the minimum level then I can get it back without entering gpm settings. This definitely work before the last update and I think for a while after.
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Edit 2:
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edit: typo in address
edit2:
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Where has gnome-power-manager gone?

I'm using Xmonad (without Gnome) and installed gnome-power-manager to manage the battery on my laptop. I can't find the binary:
[me@laptop ~]$ pacman -Ss gnome-power-manager
extra/gnome-power-manager 3.2.0-1 (gnome-extra) [installed]
Power management tools.
[me@laptop ~]$ gnome-<tab>
gnome-autogen.sh gnome-power-statistics
gnome-doc-common
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pacman -Ql gnome-power-manager
will show you all the files within that package.
pacman -Ql gnome-power-manager | grep /bin/
should find some binaries.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … tart_it.3F
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My power management preferences haven't changed though. They're all set (as before the upgrade) to never dim the display and never put the display to sleep. So why is the backlight going off anyway?
Also, this pretty distinctly seems to have to do with Gnome and not X. If I leave the laptop for an extended period at the GDM login screen, the backlight is never powered off. The problem only develops after I have logged into Gnome.
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Last edited by cb474 (2009-04-23 07:14:55)

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xset -dpms
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Hope that helps.
Last edited by cb474 (2009-04-24 08:26:23)

Gnome Power Manager Applet

Hi all,
since the last update, the gnome power manager applet is gone. I can change the preferences with the gnome-power-preferences tool, but the applet in the system bar is gone... Any idea?
Acker

Master One wrote:
So what's going on?
I do not assume, that users of other distros have such problems, at least in Foresight Linux the applet is working as supposed to, which confirms that it's not an upstream problem. There is a bug open, but no info about any progress.
Is anybody working on a fix?
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Udev and gnome-power-manager

Hi,
Recently I upgrade the udev from 141-5-i686 to 145-1-i686 in my MSI wind. Then the following problem begins:
When the system boots this characters can be seen in the screen just before udev is finished: ^@^@
I can add more characters during the whole boot process if I press Fn+F5 (the brightness hotkey).
When gnome is running, in few minutes the screen change the brightness very fast, like blinking. This problem only happens if the gnome-power-manager is enabled.
Downgrading udev fix the problem.
Does anyone know if this is something related with this particular version of udev, or can I do something to fix it?
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:pnU-100:pvrVer.001:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnU-100:rvrVer.001:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvrVer.001:' is
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name
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name
Aug 29 14:57:02 peremsi load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C01:' is not a valid module or alias name
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(so many times) This message is because the kernel do not map some hotkeys. Gnome do it.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xf7 on isa0060/serio0).
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atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e078 <keycode>' to make it known.

recently, I updated system, and now I have same problem like you had. I was not sure, what could cause this brightness fast changing. I thought about hal, dbus, udev. Never tried to downgrade udev. Now, I have udev 146. I am not sure what version I had before system upgrading.
Now, I have kernel 2.6.31, and I am not sure if udev 141 will work with this kernel...
I have MSI WIND, also...
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Gnome-power-manager with networkmanager_sleep option

I have a wireless device using the ipw2200 module. I have always found it extremely annoying that gnome-power-manager asks NetworkManager to sleep before suspending, since, first of all, the ipw2200 module doesn't need to be unloaded and, secondly, because I always have to wait the extra few seconds it takes for NM to send the dhcp request after resuming. I made a patch that adds an option to turn the NM-sleep call on or off via a gconf entry (networkmanager_sleep). The patch has been accepted upstream and included in CVS. However, I've made a patch that applies cleanly to gnome-power-manager 2.16.1 as well. Here it is:
diff -Naur gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/data/gnome-power-manager.schemas.in gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/data/gnome-power-manager.schemas.in
--- gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/data/gnome-power-manager.schemas.in 2006-07-30 14:51:52.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/data/gnome-power-manager.schemas.in 2006-10-05 11:56:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -571,6 +571,17 @@
<long>This is the laptop panel screen brightness used when the session is idle. Only valid when use_time_for_policy is true.</long>
</locale>
</schema>
+ <schema>
+ <key>/schemas/apps/gnome-power-manager/networkmanager_sleep</key>
+ <applyto>/apps/gnome-power-manager/networkmanager_sleep</applyto>
+ <owner>gnome-power-manager</owner>
+ <type>bool</type>
+ <default>true</default>
+ <locale>
+ <short>If Networkmanager should disconnect.</short>
+ <long>Chooses whether Networkmanager should disconnect from the network before suspending.</long>
+ </locale>
+ </schema>
</schemalist>
</gconfschemafile>
diff -Naur gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/src/gpm-manager.c gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/src/gpm-manager.c
--- gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/src/gpm-manager.c 2006-09-17 22:33:51.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/src/gpm-manager.c 2006-10-05 12:03:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@
gboolean allowed;
gboolean ret;
gboolean do_lock;
+ gboolean nm_sleep;
gpm_manager_allowed_hibernate (manager, &allowed, NULL);
@@ -1190,7 +1191,12 @@
gpm_screensaver_lock (manager->priv->screensaver);
- gpm_networkmanager_sleep ();
+ nm_sleep = gconf_client_get_bool (manager->priv->gconf_client,
+ GPM_PREF_NETWORKMANAGER_SLEEP, NULL);
+ if (nm_sleep) {
+ gpm_networkmanager_sleep ();
+ }
+
ret = gpm_hal_hibernate (manager->priv->hal);
manager_explain_reason (manager, GPM_GRAPH_EVENT_RESUME,
@@ -1230,7 +1236,12 @@
if (do_lock) {
gpm_screensaver_poke (manager->priv->screensaver);
- gpm_networkmanager_wake ();
+ nm_sleep = gconf_client_get_bool (manager->priv->gconf_client,
+ GPM_PREF_NETWORKMANAGER_SLEEP, NULL);
+ if (nm_sleep) {
+ gpm_networkmanager_wake ();
+ }
+
sync_dpms_policy (manager);
@@ -1257,6 +1268,7 @@
gboolean allowed;
gboolean ret;
gboolean do_lock;
+ gboolean nm_sleep;
GpmPowerStatus status;
char *message;
int charge_before_suspend;
@@ -1279,7 +1291,12 @@
gpm_screensaver_lock (manager->priv->screensaver);
- gpm_networkmanager_sleep ();
+ nm_sleep = gconf_client_get_bool (manager->priv->gconf_client,
+ GPM_PREF_NETWORKMANAGER_SLEEP, NULL);
+ if (nm_sleep) {
+ gpm_networkmanager_sleep ();
+ }
+
/* We save the current charge in mWh so we can see how much power we
lost or gained over the suspend cycle */
@@ -1348,7 +1365,12 @@
if (do_lock) {
gpm_screensaver_poke (manager->priv->screensaver);
- gpm_networkmanager_wake ();
+ nm_sleep = gconf_client_get_bool (manager->priv->gconf_client,
+ GPM_PREF_NETWORKMANAGER_SLEEP, NULL);
+ if (nm_sleep) {
+ gpm_networkmanager_wake ();
+ }
+
sync_dpms_policy (manager);
diff -Naur gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/src/gpm-prefs.h gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/src/gpm-prefs.h
--- gnome-power-manager-2.16.1/src/gpm-prefs.h 2006-07-30 14:51:54.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-power-manager-2.16.1-new/src/gpm-prefs.h 2006-10-05 12:05:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
#define GPM_PREF_CAN_HIBERNATE GPM_PREF_DIR "/can_hibernate"
#define GPM_PREF_LOCK_USE_SCREENSAVER GPM_PREF_DIR "/lock_use_screensaver_settings"
+
+#define GPM_PREF_NETWORKMANAGER_SLEEP GPM_PREF_DIR "/networkmanager_sleep"
+
/* These are only effective if the system default is turned off. See bug #331164 */
#define GPM_PREF_LOCK_ON_BLANK_SCREEN GPM_PREF_DIR "/lock_on_blank_screen"
#define GPM_PREF_LOCK_ON_SUSPEND GPM_PREF_DIR "/lock_on_suspend"
It would be great if this could be added to the official package, but I'm not expecting it

Have a look in gconf-editor to see if there's a setting for that? (I can't check now, I'm using XFCE.) Also, check that you didn't keep the default "put computer to sleep when the lid is closed", but I suppose you've done it already...

W520 "Power Manager has stopped working" then "finterprint software error"

For the last 6 months, I have not done any lenovo updates,and stuck with old working versions of bios, powermanager, nvidia drivers etc (having lived though the nightmanre of the fist 6 months with CPUs stuck at min on mains and max on batteries etc)
Then I re-installed from scratch and updated all lenovo drivers to the latest, which includes power manager 6.32
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They are always accompanied by a finger print reader error:

hi eos,
Thanks for posting. Based from your post you'll probably need to reinstall the power manager and Fingerprint reader. I was checking the support site and it appread that there is also a patch for the powever manager that needs to be loaded.
At this point what I suggest is for you to uninstall the current Power manager you have install fro the link below.
Lenovo Power Management Driver for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP (32-bit, 64-bit) - Notebook
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014939
Power Manager for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) - Notebook
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014924
ThinkPad Power Manager Patch module for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP - ThinkPad
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS018811
Please ensure to install all 3 links and check for the changes. In regards to the FingerPrint reader, I'm assuming that you have BIOEXCESS installed aswell. For the time being it is advisable to uninstall that too and check for changes. Once installed the power management. only the install a fresh copy of the BIOEXCESS and check for the changes then.
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[Solved] Systemd - Overrides settings of Gnome-Power-Manager?

Hello!
I've always used the following to lines to tell Gnome-Power-Manager not to suspend my laptop, when the lid is closed:
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action 'blank'
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I remember a huge (and regular...) discussion around Gnome 3, because the developers resisted to re-implemented a button for this in the UI of Gnome3. Well, the two lines above done their job all the time. Since the last update of Systemd this seems to be ignored:
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Oct 09 01:19:58 cupcake systemd[1]: Reached target Sleep.
Oct 09 01:19:58 cupcake systemd[1]: Starting Suspend...
Is anyone other affected? Looks like a real problem for me. If I close the lid I want to close my lid, nothing more an especially not suspend
/var/log/pacman.log
[2012-10-08 21:59] upgraded systemd (193-1 -> 194-1)
[2012-10-08 21:59] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (193-1 -> 194-1)
Last edited by hoschi (2012-10-08 23:53:06)

pablox wrote:
hoschi wrote:
Nope. Found it five minutes ago. My shame! Thank you
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … th_systemd
This is driving me crazy. I've read the article, but I still don't understand what I'm supposed to do. I have tried changing values from logind.conf *IgnoreInhibited to yes to no, but the laptop still suspend when the lid is closed .
All you need to do is set HandleLidSwitch=ignore in logind.conf, this will make systemd ignore the lid switch completely, and leave gnome to handle it. Its pretty self explanatory... You can also set the other similar options to ignore, like HandlePowerKey, HandleSuspendKey, HandleHibernateKey if you want only gnome to handle them.
Last edited by bwat47 (2012-10-10 22:02:54)

APC UPS & gnome-power-manager

Hi there,
I am running gnome-power-manager on a system which is connected to an APC Back-UPS CS 500. It appears gnome-power-manager fails to recognize the UPS, however. In the preferences window, I only have an "On AC Power" and a "General" tab. AFAIK there ought to be an "On UPS Power" tab as well.
The UPS is connected correctly, as I can query it via apcaccess.
Any hints?
Edit: Just found http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75730
Gonna see if this fixes it.
Last edited by Edmond (2009-07-13 21:44:53)

pyther wrote:Does this post resolve the issue? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 86#p583386
Nope. As I said before:
Edmond wrote:I compiled devicekit-power 009 and then recompiled gnome-power-manager. No visible change.

AUR eee-control/gnome-power-manager

I updated my system, and seem to have a minor issue between gnome-power-manager 2.30 and eee-control-tray 9.4 (from the AUR, this might be the wrong section). The tray tool functions normally, except for the automatic FSB scaling with the new gnome-power-manager applet: When I launch eee-control-tray from the command line, I get an output of "FSB scaling not available. Is gnome-power-manager running?" I was wondering if anybody else has encountered this so far, and if it can be fixed.
Last edited by arinlares (2010-04-22 23:38:07)

Hello combuster!
gpm 2.26.3 ?
Is it just a misstyping ?

[SOLVED] gnome-power-manager ignores dpms_method_ac

There's no way (it seems ) to make gnome-power-manager 2.26.3-1 to work fine...
i'd like to put my monitor in standby after a while instead of simply blank and so i set dpms_method_ac in gconf accordingly... but with no success...
i don't know where to find a solution...
my laptop is a HP pavillion dv5 1210el and thisi is my actual xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Wed May 27 03:15:36 PDT 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
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Option "DamageEvents" "True"
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Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
Option "RegistryDwords""PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2233; PowerMizerDefault=0x3"
Option "BackingStore" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
thanx!
Last edited by euLinux (2009-07-29 07:02:14)

hi miau!
i changed my xorg.conf to match your suggestions... Option "DPMS" "true" moved in Monitor section and blanking and dpms settings in ServerLayout:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "10"
Option "SuspendTime" "15"
Option "OffTime" "20"
EndSection
i guess you suggested me to do this way, isn't it?
unfortunately it still doesn't work!
it seems that after login gnome-power-manager resets all the settings about dpms in xorg.conf... every section i put them in...
this is part of the output of xset q just after login:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 600
Colors:
default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215
Font Path:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
any other idea?
thanx

SOLVE strange problem with suspend and resume with gnome-power-manager

I have pm-utils and gnome installed.
Suspending and hibernation works well from the command line ($ pm-hibernate and $ pm-suspend). Resuming works without any problems.
Suspending from gnome "Shutdown dialog" works perfectly as well.
However, if suspending is initiated by gnome-power-manager something strange happens: After pressing the power button resuming switches to hibernation and my laptop turns off. Resuming from disk works fine again.
Now, suspending works fine again if I change and save any config file in /etc/pm/.
Here comes the strange thing: It doesn't really matter what I change as long as I save it.
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Last edited by mehldutt (2007-12-26 19:42:31)

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I made the appropriate changes to the appropriate hal-scrips
usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-power-suspend:
#!/bin/sh
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usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-power-hibernate:
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/s2disk
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When I set "System Settings > Power > Put the computer to sleep when inactive" to 5 min. Nothing ever happens.
I have searched and looked in dconf-editor but been unable to discover anything useful.
edit; just changed the title think it is better in this case (:
edit
Just changed the titel again it was more sane the first time around...
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Last edited by cell (2011-05-31 21:18:13)

I found this https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675005 nonbug so...but any chance this is a matter of privileges when it comes to power settings?
I am running gnome 3 on my desktop never had any problems with suspend before. I did create a new user and deleted the old user before installing gnome 3, so maybe I missed something in that process.
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