20100114

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100 New Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or

  • Set status to Confirmed

Bug

Subject

Triager

505310

Choice of DVI outlet affects ability to boot 9.10

xteejx

504811

display server is broken

pauld

503577

Gnome power manager ignores screen settings

pauld

501500

wrong charge level computed/reported

pvillavi

501323

HP DV5 - Can't suspend, get a Lock Screen instad of suspend

pvillavi

500666

Toshiba M505-S4972 The Fan does not work unless i suspend and bring it back up

pauld

500584

The mouse, occasionally, though it's still, disconnect the monitor energy saving mode

ben-v-root

500238

9.10 warning and no suspending laptop on low power

xteejx

499273

DELL Inspiron 6400 goes to sleep mode after awaking on battery

pvillavi

499170

Lap hibernates when disconnected from AC power (and no, it's not a battery issue)

pvillavi

498974

Backlight behaves irradically when changed from keyboard.

ben-v-root

498764

laptop battery not working (Ubuntu 9.10)

pvillavi

498208

Ubuntu hibernates directly after resume

xteejx

498172

GPM suspend while heavy load

pvillavi

498124

gnome-power-manager 2.28.1 shows high power rate on ac power

xteejx

497870

Support Application Indicators

pvillavi

497712

Laptop does not suspend or hibernate when battery runs out (Acer Aspire 5732Z laptop)

xteejx

497518

gnome-power-manager does not see my battery in 9.10 Karmic Koala

ben-v-root

496994

i can't change brightness of LCD screen on my notebook. only in 9.10.

pvillavi

496221

Power management fails to hibernate when battery critical low on Zepto 3215

pvillavi

495439

[Lucid] EEEPC 900 Battery Estimate time is way off being close to accurate

showard314

493146

power on/power off results in laptop going into Suspend moder

pvillavi

492832

Cannot get laptop panel brightness after upgrade to Jaunty samsung nc10

xteejx

492625

After resuming from sleep mode, login takes 5 minutes and fails at first attempt

cyan-spam

492030

I can't disable the hibernate/suspend buttons with 'apps gnome-power-mager'

pvillavi

491975

Display doesn't sleep in Karmic

xteejx

491771

[Karmic] battery is charged (when discharging) and unaccurate remaining battery time

ikt

491477

display brightens unexpectedly on input running with battery

ben-v-root

491269

return after hybernation not working on MS Wind U100

490632

Ubuntu misinterprets available battery charge on laptop and shuts down in 2 minutes even with 98% charge remaining!

490152

screen doesn't dim when switching to battery

pauld

489824

power manager icon on system tray doesn't indicate battery status correctly

489439

Bad logic with low power and AC

ben-v-root

489276

Session active, not inhibited, screen idle after resume from hibernate

489274

gconf-editor will not disable password on resume

487958

acer aspire one D250 always in lid closed status

487863

gnome-power-manager - Power Management Preferences - "Put display to sleep when inactive for:Never" - does not work, display sleeps in few minutes

487708

Brightness control present for ac and absent for battery

pvillavi

486935

Battery Discharging Popup Message - Runtime way off.

486301

Display is darker after suspension and hibernation in Ubuntu 9.10

485370

g-p-m doesn't show enough information

485249

[karmic] Battery fill level is off; system shutting down early

484710

laptop hibernates when plugged in to ac power

483198

screen is not always switched off by gnome-power-manager after resume from hibernate

pvillavi

482948

OS powers down without mouse or keyboard input and has to be rebooted

482704

Battery applet refuses to acknowledge unplugging of AC Adapter with Desktop effects running

pvillavi

482616

PC does not suspend, needs restart if suspend is forced

pvillavi

482384

Battery Discharging notification urgency

482319

g-p-m doesn't perform actions if state was changed

pvillavi

481312

Laptop suspends when I connect/disconnect AC

pvillavi

481056

Dell Vostro 1000 laptop goes into hibernation whenever I plug in the power cord as if battery is dead

481036

Hibbernate silently fails due kernel update

pvillavi

476934

[regression] After Karmic Update hibernation resumes with DMESG warnings (failed to resubmit) - Bluetooth

475806

gnome-power-manager does not reflect change from AC power and charged state to battery power and discharging state

ikt

475332

Battery state notification bubbles - duplicated functionality

474550

Karmic isn't able to shut down in my laptop, nor to switch on!

Boniek

474342

wireless network indicator lamp

474172

100% cpu and applet absent after wake from sleep

473705

power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor

473552

Battery incorrectly reported as critcally low at when almost full

cyan-spam

472717

Laptop sleeps when plugged in, hibernates when unplugged

472347

After wakeup from sleep, gnome-power-manager does not detect it is running on battery

471111

ubuntu shuts down when I unplug the power plug

467316

"On Battery Power" settings unavailable

467284

gconf: gnome-power-manager hibernate flag

466984

Toshiba Portege R500 - 11z Model nr. PPR50E-04X048EN under Ubuntu 9.10 when in Power Managemenet -> On AC Power -> PUT DISPLAY TO SLEEP WHEN INACTIVE FOR X MINUTES, baclight goes in and even after reboot it is still on! And for me it took 3 days to get it working!

465543

gnome power management shows battery fully charged when it is not

ikt

465209

2 near identical laptops: one suspends happily, the other hangs

464590

Gnome-power-manager won't recognize I am on a laptop

464356

Gnome Power Manager uses 100% CPU

462130

[karmic regression] Brightness OSD works, but LCD brightness does not change

460987

After opening laptop brightness stays in very low level

460565

[ubuntu karmic] gnome-power-manager ignores its settings

pvillavi

460375

Display goes black after 10 minutes idle despite "never" settings

kamus

460056

After returning from fullscreen brightness goes up to maximum

457530

brightness changes 2 levels at once

456085

[Regression] Hibernate and battery status key don't work on Thinkpad X60s

456057

Brightness jitter, look like the brightness key event are constantly calling each other brightness-up, brightness-down ...

455786

battery indicator is wrong

455338

gnome-power-manager isn't shown in tray

455129

The black screen remains after opening the laptop

xteejx

454861

Regression: Can't adjust Samsung N110 screen brightness in Karmic, could in Jaunty

kamus

454818

The gnome power manager and configurability.

454325

(Karmic regression) Despite my wishes screen is locked on resume

453858

gnome-power-manager is not displaying time to empty graph

kamus

453105

gnome-power-manager shows "charging" in the panel but battery is full

kamus

452999

Doesn't Hibernate After Idle Time or Lid Close

kamus

451557

[ubuntu karmic] 720Watt netbooks?

kamus

450814

gnome-power-manager assert failure: *** glibc detected *** gnome-power-manager: free(): invalid pointer: 0x09a04010 ***

xteejx

449965

[karmic regression]Set display brightness no effect

kamus

449685

After waking up from sleep, EEE 900 goes immediately back to sleep, once

ikt

448515

display shutoff not being triggered

xteejx

447820

[Karmic] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in IAg_closure_invoke()

kamus

447728

Karmic Beta: Laptop only remains DPMS off for 2 seconds

xteejx

447664

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_cclosure_marshal_VOIDVOID()

kamus

447425

UPS Power tab in Power Management is missing

kamus

447227

[Karmic Beta] Brightness and power saving settings ignored

kamus

446852

When shutting down computer does not turn off

kamus

446647

On laptop lid open screen flashes black one time

ikt

100 Incomplete Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Change the bug's status to "Confirmed" or "Triaged" if the reporter replied with enough information or

  • Ask a secondary follow up question and subscribe to the bug report

Bug

Subject

Triager

490295

no battery information under gnome-power-manager

cyan-spam

485910

9.10 goes into a sleep of death whenever power switches to battery.

cyan-spam

484399

when i close the lid on my laptop the system does not go to sleep.

cyan-spam

478308

Dim when idle won't turn off

cyan-spam

454396

[Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root

cyan-spam

417287

xorg-intel-video can't change backlight

cyan-spam

416580

gnome-power-statistics crashed with SIGSEGV in libc_start_main()

cyan-spam

413954

gnome-power-manager displays some values at 1/10 of the correct amount

cyan-spam

412922

Gnome power manager dies when AC unplugged

cyan-spam

408761

notification area icons do not work correctly

cyan-spam

405483

Brightness is "not supported" on dell xps 16

cyan-spam

404663

Desktop PC doesn't resume after suspend/hibernate

Boniek

403886

Power Management reliably freezes

kamus

403263

Acer brightness issue

ben-v-root

403248

DIM will dim my screen even when not idle

xteejx

401944

all power state changes cause suspend on acer aspire one

yofel

400035

hardy heron amd64 inspiron 1525 cannot adjust lcd brightness

kamus

398201

suspend/hibernate doesn't work (Dell Inspiron 640m)

xteejx

395092

incorrect timeout on ac power

Boniek

393074

Can not disable the laptop Lid

xteejx

392956

Screen dimming behavior fails to recognize inactivity

xteejx

391828

gnome power manager drops laptop battery from 100% to 74% in 10 seconds

xteejx

391747

[karmic] brightness and applet not working. bug report

kamus

389643

gnome-power-preferences do not show lid close actions etc

kamus

387529

screen goes black after a while even when typing

Boniek

387198

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV

Boniek

386473

brightness value is reset when power properties is launched

Boniek

386136

package gnome-power-manager 2.22.1-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

showard314

382604

E:ErrorPKGProblemresolver

yofel

379448

benq joybook s41 cannot suspend

Boniek

378891

Resume from suspend/hibernate chooses when to function

kamus

378246

[9.04] Brightness bar in notifier doesn't move

kamus

377166

Display wakes up bright on power loss, and doesn't go off

kamus

376950

Server suspends while user logged in through XDMCP

Boniek

376205

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in libc_start_main()

kamus

374981

Gateway will not suspend or hibernate

kamus

373761

gnome-power-manager causes temperature to spike on battery

kamus

373733

Ubuntu Jaunty not resume from hibernation

kamus

373306

gnome-power-manager freezes desktop when ACPI_PROCESSOR kernel option disabled

kamus

373160

Computer will not recover from power management freeze

xteejx

372324

Notebook does not suspend - not a kernel- but a design problem

kamus

371598

configuration file is not correct

ben-v-root

371069

Ubuntu 9.04 resumes from suspend after 30 minutes

Boniek

367014

package gnome-power-manager 2.22.1-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: beschadigd bestandssysteem tarbestand - beschadigd pakketarchief

Boniek

366441

Suspend not working on Dell D630

Boniek

365836

gnome-power-manager crashed with signal 7 in manager_policy_do

Boniek

363715

two gnome-power-managers

ben-v-root

363031

will not resume from suspend or hibernate

Boniek

361871

on critical battery - gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_container_get_type()

xteejx

360278

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

xteejx

360177

[Jaunty] Original screen brightness not restored after activity with "dim display when idle" for MacBook 5.1 when running on battery.

xteejx

358136

9.04 power usage skyrockets on battery

xteejx

357259

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_timeout_dispatch()

Boniek

355546

Brightness down key doesn't work properly on dell mini (Jaunty Beta)

xteejx

355180

[jaunty] screen brightness dims on AC power despite config to leave at 100%

xteejx

353239

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in nptl_deallocate_tsd()

Boniek

351446

information about battery charge without battery

kamus

350849

gnome-power-manager says hibernate failed

xteejx

350568

Suspend and Hiberate not working on Presario F750US

xteejx

349973

[Terra Wortmann Mobile 2104] suspend resume failure if gnome-power-manager is running (Jaunty)

xteejx

349795

notify-osd and gnome-power-manager disagree about battery life

Boniek

339135

[Jaunty] Should warn when battery is low

Boniek

339048

hybernation is not available on asus eeepc 901

xteejx

336416

gnome-power-manager crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

Boniek

333883

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

xteejx

332629

Weird LCD brightness policy on ASUS F8Sa

xteejx

328946

Improve Audio Notification When Plugged In

xteejx

327805

Keyboard layout switching hotkey becomes disabled after monitor power-save

xteejx

327462

Keeps displaying error message at start up saying power manager is not configured correctly and now it takes a really long time to show the shut down options and suspend/hibernate are missing.

xteejx

326080

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in clone()

xteejx

325070

2-nd battary issues while batery powered

xteejx

317622

Power manager doesn't consistently startup after an S3

xteejx

317490

gnome-power-statistics seems to stop data graph

kamus

315120

Screen wont dim

xteejx

313839

When backlighting is set off, it becomes impossible to raise the light again

xteejx

312379

Whacked out battery readings actually shutting laptop down

xteejx

311860

Auto-hibernate due to inactivity results in a resumed session with hanged gnome-power-manager preventing the system from entering hibernate again

kamus

310831

gnome-power-manager interface confusing and undocumented

kamus

310822

Should allow all displays to power down

xteejx

309349

gnome-power-manager dosen't enable battery power low notice and action in ubuntu 8.04.1

xteejx

308815

Display sleep settings are bogus

xteejx

307626

Power Manager Brightness Applet reports incorrect brightness value

kamus

301744

[intrepid] screen brightness keys act very slowly

Boniek

298804

Hibernate fails on Dell Inspiron 8600 with Intrepid

xteejx

296278

Put computer to sleep when inactive for: Never

xteejx

293857

"Cannot get panel brightness" in Ubuntu 8.10

xteejx

293633

Ubuntu 8.10 on Sony Vaio: lcd brightness misbehavior

xteejx

292896

lcd screen does not power off

kamus

292840

brightness keeps getting decreased while non-idle

xteejx

289322

gnome-power-manager needs different idleness definition for turning off display

xteejx

278839

Hotkeys stopped functioning - Dell Inspiron 1420

xteejx

273446

Screen brightness resets to default (half) with battery power

kamus

261450

brightness Applet very slow and processors getting bisy when try adjust LCD brightness

kamus

261272

gnome-power-manager crashed after detaching from power-supply

kamus

250067

Power Manager Brightness Applet is not dimming the backlight

kamus

248893

CPU scheduling causes temporary freeze when unplugged from AC

kamus

243904

LCD Brightness no longer works on Sony VGN-CR120E

kamus

239413

Four steps of brightness changing after pressing a brightness key only once

xteejx

239366

gnome-power-manager not saving UPS settings

xteejx

230264

problem with auto-decreasing brightness when idle option on laptop

xteejx

65 Confirmed Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
  • Set status to triaged UbuntuBugControl

Bug

Subject

Triager

496842

gpm lacks proper vbetool blanking and unblanking

492327

charger disconnected notification comes after 40secs

487867

No preference to enable/disable low battery alarm

484715

[Ubuntu 9.10] reduce the backlight brightness when on battery power is not working

481576

Action on critical battery is not triggered - gnome-power-manager

474952

sound unmuted after resume from suspend

467825

Battery state always "fully charged"

464535

Battery monitor on tray says "Laptop battery is fully charged" all the time

461379

reduce backlight brightness sets brightness level incorrectly

458004

gnome-power-manger does not work in karmic ppc

cyan-spam

457067

Can not trigger suspend/hibernate by tray icon

451282

display is fully dimmed after resume from suspend

449188

Closing laptop lid doesn't cause the screen to go blank

446701

Screen does not shut down when I close the lid on HP mini 5101

444767

[karmic] gnome-power-manager does not give "no-action" options for power events

444578

Power statistics make no sense, and graph smoothing is buggy/broken

441096

battery remaining time

437745

Spurious "Battery may be broken" dialog at login

434071

Brightness hotkeys not working on MacBook 5,2 and 4,1

432598

can_suspend and can_hibernate values aren't respected

430983

Brightness applet does work anymore on samsung n120

427629

When i remove the AC power cable from my laptop, the computer goes to sleep.

423694

session active, not inhibited, screen idle message

410804

Help does not work in gnome-power-preferences

406515

[Karmic] Brightness fn keys lost functionality (multiple laptops)

cyan-spam

404525

Laptop power status notification is uninformative

397766

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in closure_invoke_notifiers()

394700

gnome-power-manager crashed on removing the battery

394130

Gnome Power Manager Manual preferences screen language should distinguish between suspend and hibernate

393008

[Karmic] power management icon says laptop is connected to power when it isn't

392122

[Karmic] "dim display when idle" only dims but doesn't restore the previous value when not idle anymore

389696

wishlist: display the the battery charge as a bar

386996

suspend timeout ignored

385445

[i915GM/GMS/910GML and GM965/GL960] Monitor does not turn back on and computer hangs when laptop lid is closed

380809

Different actions for On Battery and On AC

376793

HP 2140 Lid Close Not Detected

cyan-spam

368946

[i965gm] Closing and opening lid sometimes leads to screen ENDLESSLY BLINKING

360795

Strange LCD brightness up function implementation on the Acer Aspire 5720

349818

2xbatteries gpm tells me too often that battery low

338296

"Request to do policy action" notification is useless

337964

Power Manager is the only System->Preferences.. tool that can't be dismissed with ESC

334206

Brightness changes multiple times during boot up and doesn't get back to the last used one

313724

hibernate doesn't work

310833

gnome-power-manager interface confusing (and undocumented)

301389

Brightness applet does not work correctly on a Macbook

301282

Thinkpad T60: Brightness is not at maximum, despite brightness indicator

292444

No value for "show icon" in energy settings

288393

gnome-power-manager hangs for a while on Dell mini9

285815

Backlight keeps getting darker on MacBookPro

278834

macbook brightness level redundancy

275308

Dual Monitors won't SLEEP in TwinView mode

274197

GPM Icon locks up on AC Status change

270331

gnome-power-manager crashed using gpm_feedback_display_value

264468

GNOME desktop brightness automatically dimmed at startup

259868

Gnome-Power-Manager ignores drive spin down settings in /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf

255228

Disabling the suspend and hibernate locks via gconf-editor doesn't do anything (from Intrepid to Karmic included)

250172

No "On Battery Power" tab after inserting battery

246084

Brightness Goes Maximum When playing video with vlc, mplayer in MacBook

243848

[Xubuntu Hardy] the launcher icon of gnome-power-preferences is not shown in the menu

235363

Brightness applet loses sync with screen brightness

233920

Sleep on lid close work only 1 time

230054

missing brightness settings in power management

228932

Gnome Power Manager doesn't show battery tab if accumulator isn't inserted

ikt

223954

Brightness control still has major bugs

221475

Brightness increases higher than settings

11 Bugs to be forwarded Upstream

To mark it off the list you should:

Bug

Subject

Triager

492625

After resuming from sleep mode, login takes 5 minutes and fails at first attempt

cyan-spam

473552

Battery incorrectly reported as critcally low at when almost full

cyan-spam

458004

gnome-power-manger does not work in karmic ppc

cyan-spam

439544

battery indicator applet doesn't indicate the same information in his cards

cyan-spam

406515

[Karmic] Brightness fn keys lost functionality (multiple laptops)

cyan-spam

376793

HP 2140 Lid Close Not Detected

cyan-spam

344626

brightness notification moves in wrong direction when increasing after a decrease or vice versa

cyan-spam

307379

power button should be ignored if screen is locked

cyan-spam

275308

Dual Monitors won't SLEEP in TwinView mode

228932

Gnome Power Manager doesn't show battery tab if accumulator isn't inserted

ikt

150205

Make menu items labels more consistent and clear

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