Odd power management behavior

MY screen will go black, as if the cable from the monitor was pulled, every 30 ish seconds, like power mgt is kicking in, anything I can do to correct this?

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Odd Workgroup Manager behavior

I did a search but didn't have any luck finding info... I work in an academic environment and run a couple of Mac servers. On one, we have multiple port/IPs set up... The IPs are in ascending order. (Note that the school's central computing group maintains all DNS configs and assigns IPs; I am not running my own DNS setup.)
server.school.edu
www.server.school.edu
service1.server.school.edu
service2.server.school.edu
When I bring up workgroup manager, I log in as diradmin at server.school.edu, but Workgroup Manager instantly changes the directory display to service1.server.school.edu. And it forces me to create all home directories at afp://service1.server.school.edu.
Any idea why? Is there a file somewhere I can edit to fix this?
Thanks in advance to anybody with wisdom to share here.

You could try to add server.school.edu to your /etc/hosts file. Another alternative is to change the order of the A-records in the DNS so that server.school.edu is listed before the others. If these options don't work, you can always change the url for the home directory manually in WGM.

Power Manager Odd Behavior

I'm using Power Manager 1.6, and I run into this strange behavior when I trying to create a new power profile with the following settings:
On battery:
CPU: Low
Fan: Balance
Display: 5
Brightness: Never
Display off: 5
HD off: 3
Standby: 1 hr
Hibernation: 2 hr
On AC:
CPU: Adaptive
Fan: Max perf
Display: 5
Brightness: Never
Display off: 15
HD off: 10
Standby: Never
Hibernation: Never
Yet power usage gauge indicates that the On battery setting is using more power than On AC (4 vs 3). Is this right?

Hi,
yes, that seems strange.
I have tested this on my X301 and it changes the state directly after I lower the Display brightness.
btw: I'm using 16 lines of configuration, and that is why this is wokring fine when I change it only in one point.
Based on your screenshot you are using 8 lines of configuration by the Display brightness.
I would not see this as an real issue.
However, I'll double check it and will let you know.
Rgrds

My solution (or so I thought) to Power Manager/CPU throttling problems!!!

I have found a solution to all my Power Manager/CPU throttling problems!!! Though there is some good and bad news.
{EDIT: The problem has NOT been fixed, even after latest PowerManager (3.62) and BIOS (1.30) versions. Pretty much ignore anything I say below as the problem is still occurring. You can see my full post here: http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W520-Speedstep-not-working-properly-on-battery-...}
Good news: I have NONE of the throttling issues or inconsistent CPU frequency problems I was having before on AC or battery power. Everything, including TurboBoost on battery works! It is completely fixed! (I have no idea how this factors into Lenovo’s statements that TurboBoost is disabled on battery “by design”. There is at least one other post from someone else that also reported TurboBoost was working for them on battery)
Bad news: I don’t really know which one of the many things I tried actually worked. I am sorry I wasn’t more methodical about recording what I did and checking results, but this was my last ditch effort to get this fixed on my own without sending the system in for repair and frankly, I didn’t think it would work. Now that it has worked, I’m hoping my steps can help others.
For anyone interested, here’s what I did… and before anyone says something like “That has nothing to do with managing power/cpu, why would that help?!… etc., please keep in mind I’m just stating exactly what I did. I am aware some of the steps may not be relevant, but who knows… We all know how weird PC’s are sometimes, even the smallest, oddest thing may resolve a problem.So anyway, here goes.
**IMPORTANT** Not sure how many noticed, but there was a new version of Power Manager released a few weeks ago, 3.62. The PM driver seems to have stayed the same. That alone could very well be the sole fix, I’m not sure. You may just want to completely remove PM and PM driver and install the latest version before trying any of the steps below.
1)Made a complete system image via Windows built-in backup feature
2)Disable any 3rd party fan/CPU control utilities (Throttlestop, etc). Make sure they are also not going to run at startup or from a scheduled task
3)Remove Power Manager Driver, then remove Power Manager software
4)Reboot to Windows
5)Remove all traces of the Power Manager drivers/software directories (think it was something like C:\readyapps and C:\drivers.) **For some odd reason after I did this, my wireless stopped working but it resolved itself by the time I was done with these steps, strange
6)Reboot
7)Access BIOS and reset all settings to default
8)Boot into Windows, downgrade to BIOS 1.25 [UEFI: 1.25 - 8BET44WW / ECP: 1.14 8AHT32WW ] via the Windows flash utility. I wanted to downgrade all the way back to 1.06, but the software would throw up some error for any version prior to 1.25 and wouldn’t proceed
9)Reboot to Windows; make sure system booted w/ out issues
10)Reboot again, access BIOS, reset to defaults again
11)Shut down system
12)Disconnect AC power. Remove main battery. Access and disconnect system backup (a.k.a CMOS) battery under keyboard. Discharge residual power in the system (there are various ways to do this, but you could just leave the battery disconnected for a few minutes). Visually inspect the system for anything funky…my system had a slightly but noticeably loose CPU/GPU heat sink/fan assembly power connector.
13)Reconnect backup battery.
14)Reconnect AC power but leave main battery disconnected.
15)Power on. Should get a message indicating “checksum error, system time reset” or something like that.
16)Reboot to Windows. Verified still okay.
17)Downloaded latest BIOS version, 1.26. This time I burned the bootable BIOS flash CD instead of running it through Windows.
18)Restart and boot from disc, flash BIOS to 1.26. Once complete, restart. Verify BIOS set to defaults.
19)Boot back into Windows.
20)Install latest Power Manager driver (1.62 ), reboot if/as prompted. Install Power Manager (3.62), reboot as prompted.
21)Boot into Windows, verified Power Manager was active and working. Verified TurboBoost was working. Restarted system a few times and played around with Power Manager for a bit to see if the different power plans worked and retained the settings, all the while monitoring the Intel TurboBoost utility and PM’s own “power gauges”. Let system Sleep, changed power sources, resumed, etc. Everything was working great.
22)Shutdown, reconnect main battery. Booted into Windows. Again, fiddled with Power Manager for a bit, switching between power plans and AC/battery power. Still worked great.
23)Success!
That’s it. Again, this is not a guaranteed fix guide. These are just simply the steps that I took on my system that resolved the problems many of us are having. Hopefully it will work for others.
T520 4239-CTO | i5 2410M
W520 4270-CTO | 2720QM | 16GB RAM | Quadro 1000M | BIOS 1.30 | PwrMgr 3.62

All I basically did was download and install...
(Chipset driver) http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/oss924ww.exe
(PM driver) http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/83ku14ww.exe
Now, I did chipset first (didnt ask to reboot) then installed the PM driver (did ask to reboot)
I rebooted.... then I went into bios (1.26) and set everything to default... then restarted saving changes...
Since I prefer not using optimus I changed the display settings in bios right after saving the default settings...
Not sure whether or not you really had to go into bios... but everything seems to be working...
My settings in PM is set to Maximum Power in the Advanced tab, 3rd party monitoring tools is TPFanControl and HWInfo64....
W520 (4270 CTO) | i7-2820QM | 16GB RAM 1333 MHz | Runcore MSATA SSD | 2x Kingston SATA2 SSD | Quadro 2000M | FHD | Windows 7

Gnome-power-manager update causes backlight to power off frequently

After the upgrade to gnome-power-manager 2.26.1-1 today, my laptop screen backlight is being powered off constantly, after only about 1 minute. It's not the screen blanking, but the backlight going off. It comes right back up if I do anything on the keyboard.
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.
Thanks for any help.
Last edited by cb474 (2009-04-23 07:14:55)

Thanks, I looked for bugs on this, but didn't find that one on the backlight for some reason. I was about to issue my own bug report. Anyway, so I added my comments to the bug report, but it has been marked "fixed" already (because it was really addressing a slightly different issue with DPMS), so I don't know if I need to start a new bug report or not. I'll wait and see what kind of reply I get. (In fact, it seems like the fix to the problem in the backlight bug report may have caused the problem addressed in this thread.)
That said, I found a work around, if you want to completely disable the backlight ever going off. You can issue the command:
xset -dpms
This disables entirely the display power management system (which I'm guessing gnome-power-manager operates as a frontend for). Of course, if you want your screen to be put to sleep after some set point of time this won't work. But you may be able to configure this directly with other xset commands or in xorg.conf (see links below).
To disable dpms at startup. I found oddly that it didn't work to add it to my .xinitrc. So instead I went to System > Preferences > Startup Applications. Added an a program in the "Startup Programs" tab, named it "DPMS (disable)" and for the command put:
xset -dpms
This is working.
You can also configue DPMS in xorg.conf, but I'm not using xorg.conf so I didn't fiddle with it. See: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DPMS and http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/x-screen-blanking.html.
Hope that helps.
Last edited by cb474 (2009-04-24 08:26:23)

Power Manager and other operating systems

I'm looking to run Linux on my T410. I currently have my power manager in windows set to charger my battery to a max of 70% and start when it is below 60%. I did this because I'm usually plugged in (If I'm not the laptop is asleep or I'm not using it for too long so the loss of battery time isn't that important) and I would like to preserve as much battery life as I can. My question is, how are these settings saved, and if I were using Ubuntu, how could I keep my battery charging like this. I didn't see any settings in Ubuntu to only have my battery charge to 70%, so I don't know what to do.

The settings will be written to a chip in the battery while "Shut down" the computer (but not "Restart"). So the values should be kept while using Linux. But i don't know the behavior of the charging values at shutting down Linux.
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Thinkpad Edge vs. Power Manager

I'm not sure if this is widespread, but it certainly drives me crazy as a new owner.
While the system was fine and good, once installing Power manager, it always leaves rundll32.exe running in task manager.
The feature works fine though ( at least seems so ), you'll only have to manually kill the process each time after boot.
This is unchanged on v3.66 and v3.67 of Power manager ( having the latest BIOS )and running Win7 64bit.
So far the only remedy was to completely uninstall Power Manager.
I hope someday this will be fixed.
If someone would know the fix, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

How do you know Power Manager is causing this behavior?
Is it this entry in msconfig startup tab (see below)?
If you disable this entry, does the behavior you described stop?
rundll32 C:\PROGRA~2\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWMTR64V.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor

Software Issue with New Power Management Update

In this post I'll be talking about the Power Management update for Windows 8.1 Pro, version 1.67.09.00, released on 10/15/2014.
I installed this via System Update yesterday and, when shutting down my computer before going to classes that day, I noticed something odd. Even after Windows shut down, the display went black, and the hard disk indicator light (yes, please bring those indicator lights back to the Thinkpad line!) stopped flashing, the power indicator was still on. From there I deduced the system was still on in a "limbo" state. In fact, the keyboard light was still functional, and so was the mute button! I was right.
Later that day, I let my computer sit through this "limbo" state, and a horrible apparition, the Blue Screen of Death, appeared! It stated that there was a "Power Driver State Failure" and immediately proceeded to shut down my computer. I rebooted, used System Restore to undo the installation, and the issue was fixed.
In short, don't install this update if you have Windows 8.1 Pro and a Thinkpad X230 Tablet. It didn't work well for me. Lenovo, please double and triple check your update before an eager geek like myself proceeds to install it.
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Power manager for T430 does not save "events" for closing laptop

i have tried multiple times to set the "event" for the power manager to sleep when laptop screen is closed.
It defaults back to no action every time! Very frustrating to close laptop and come back hours later with dead battery because it failed to sleep. This is a T430 with windows 7.

Hi, rischarjm
Have you tried using the setting in Windows under Control Panel ► Power Options? You can also set events here for the behavior of the computer when the lid is shut.
Hope it helps,
Adam
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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)

4313CTO Power Manager update problem ** Ignore **

T510, Win 7 32, all updates up to date.
Just installed BIOS 1.43-1.19 / Power Manager 3.48. I am now unable to configure the Power Button.
Sorry everyone ;-) I didn't check the Global Settings !!!!!
Seems OK now.
Thanks, Bob

Thanks, I looked for bugs on this, but didn't find that one on the backlight for some reason. I was about to issue my own bug report. Anyway, so I added my comments to the bug report, but it has been marked "fixed" already (because it was really addressing a slightly different issue with DPMS), so I don't know if I need to start a new bug report or not. I'll wait and see what kind of reply I get. (In fact, it seems like the fix to the problem in the backlight bug report may have caused the problem addressed in this thread.)
That said, I found a work around, if you want to completely disable the backlight ever going off. You can issue the command:
xset -dpms
This disables entirely the display power management system (which I'm guessing gnome-power-manager operates as a frontend for). Of course, if you want your screen to be put to sleep after some set point of time this won't work. But you may be able to configure this directly with other xset commands or in xorg.conf (see links below).
To disable dpms at startup. I found oddly that it didn't work to add it to my .xinitrc. So instead I went to System > Preferences > Startup Applications. Added an a program in the "Startup Programs" tab, named it "DPMS (disable)" and for the command put:
xset -dpms
This is working.
You can also configue DPMS in xorg.conf, but I'm not using xorg.conf so I didn't fiddle with it. See: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DPMS and http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/x-screen-blanking.html.
Hope that helps.
Last edited by cb474 (2009-04-24 08:26:23)

Lenovo a7000 power manager

The power manager has bugs, it doesn't get disabled even after plugging in the charger. Have to unplug the charger and disable power saver manually. The power saver is always restricting background processes even when the power saver is disabled. Due to this the auto sync is not working. Many apps like hangouts are not listed in the background app management section in the power manager, so it is impossible to manage the app behavior. Please do the needful.

Yes its true, even i have to dissable it manually and i hope its not the hardware issue so i hope in your next update you guys will dolbe this issue along with wifi,heating and all other bugs.

Lenovo ThinkPad Power Manager/ Windows Power Options Issue: Display Re-awakens Immediately

I want to share my experience with setting idle timers under Lenovo Power Manager or Windows Power Options, respectively.
I noticed that every time the monitor just had dimmed or shut off according to my power savings options, it brightened up or turned on again only a few seconds later.
I had seen the same behavior before using my Dell Latitude laptop, so I came up with the solution relatively quickly this time.
The interference was caused by a Logitech wireless mouse, even though all drivers were installed correctly and the mouse was working flawlessly.
Installing the Logitech SetPoint firmware solved the problem in both cases without further steps being necessary.
Maybe this note will help other users facing the same issue. Good luck.
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Power Manager - no new profiles, group policy not applying

Hi there!
Having an issue with power manager (latest version, downloaded today) on Vista on a T61. The first problem is that I cannot create a power profile. If I hit New on the advanced page and fill all the stuff out, the named power plan does not show up. It's like I never did it.
The second issue is that group policy doesn't seem to apply, either. I tried to create a new power policy through AD using the GPO available for download. All the settings are filled out, it's named, and it doesn't show up.
For those concerned that the group policy is mucking up the ability to create a new one through the UI, that was the behavior before the group policy was set up.
rsop.msc shows definitively that the policy is applying to this machine.
Does anyone have any hints?
Thank you!

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Connection lost on Sleep and No power management tab in NIC to change

On a surface pro 3 with Windows 8.1, I lose connections when I lock the computer. I've tried to go to the NIC adapter to change the power management option to not turn off when locked but there is no "Power Management" tab as with previous
versions of Windows.
I have multiple machines with this problem and any help will be appreciated.

Hi RepBill,
Consider the following scenario:
•You have a system that is an Always On/Always Connected (AOAC) platform.
•The system is running Windows 8.
•You install the July update rollup 2855336 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2855336).
•After the update is installed, you open up Device Manager.
•You open the Wireless Network adapter properties.
In this scenario, you notice that the Power Management tab is no longer available within the advanced driver properties.
This behavior is by design. For Windows 8, update rollup 2855336 implements this change for Wireless adapter miniports on AOAC platforms.
Power Management tab is not visible for some Wireless Network adapters with Always On/Always Connected (AOAC) platforms on Windows 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2889143/en-us
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