Comment 0 for bug 1055874

When I set the various timeouts via dconf-editor, my computer does not follow them precisely. I'm referring to these settings:

org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-display-ac
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-display-battery
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-timeout

For example if I set all to 5, then the display sleeps at 30 seconds, and the computer at 70 seconds. Similarly, if I set them all to 60, the computer suspends around 90 seconds. I've only tried these shorter settings. These are clearly values that are low for normal usage, but this bug is very frustrating if one attempts to troubleshoot unrelated automatic-sleep bugs. Firstly, I think I missed the case when automatic sleep might have worked. Secondly, it increases the time it takes to troubleshoot by a lot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-power-manager 3.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 25 09:43:50 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (148 days ago)