Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

GNOME power manager doesn't respect "Put display to sleep when inactive for" setting

Bug #486985 reported by Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek on 2009-11-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #493645: [G84 8600M GT] Xorg has default screen blanking value set to 600secs. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

I have "Put display to sleep when inactive for" when on AC set to 30 minutes. However, even after 15 minutes of inactivation (I would have to check the exact time) my screen is put to sleep (while still being on AC).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 23 08:23:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek (mgol) wrote on 2009-11-23:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DevkitPower.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GConfNonDefault.txt Edit (983 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (354 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (48.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
gnome-power-bugreport.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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PaulW (paulw) wrote on 2009-11-23:

Same issue with me on my laptop. Regardless of how I configure it, after 5 minutes of activity with the power plugged in or running on battery, the screen blanks.

I have tried killing gnome-power-manager, same issue. Re-launching after kill, same issue.
Screensaver is completely turned off, same issue.

This is becoming quite an annoyance, especially when watching films. I don't want to keep getting up every 5 minutes just to move the mouse to reactivate the display.