[G84 8600M GT] Xorg has default screen blanking value set to 600secs
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Screensaver |
Expired
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High
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NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Xorg appears to have (hardcoded) a default timeout for blanking the screen, set to 600 seconds (10 minutes)
If the user tries to disable the screen blanking using gnome-power-manager (all timeouts disabled, no screen turn off) aswell as the screensaver being disabled, the screen will go blank after 10 minutes regardless of the setting.
If you set the blank screen timeout to less than ten minutes, then this setting is used.
The following is returned when running # xset -q
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Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 600 cycle: 600
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Again, timeout is set at 600 regardless what the user configures within gnome.
Adding the following to the xorg.conf file solves this issue:
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Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection
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Upon restarting gdm (logout to restart X), the values retrieved by # xset -q are now correct
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Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 600
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Now, the screen will not blank after a default of 10 minutes.
This occurs on both amd64 based installs of Karmic 9.10 at my current location. I've also noticed quite a few threads on ubuntuforums which are also describing the same issue, but with no resolve.
Can the timeout be set during the compilation of the xorg package? Or will it require constant modification of xorg.conf file to sort this issue? (not the best idea for novice users)
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011e]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011e]
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
tags: | removed: needs-xorglog |
tags: | removed: needs-lspci-vvnn |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
tags: | added: karmic |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
summary: |
- Xorg has default screen blanking value set to 600secs + [G84 8600M GT] Xorg has default screen blanking value set to 600secs |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | New → Expired |
Hi paulw,
Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` and `dmesg`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you're using a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.
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