20081014

This week's Hug Day will focus on GNOME Power Manager!

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112 New Bugs

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

  • Set status to Confirmed

Bug

Subject

Triager

45883

should go to sleep with throttled screensaver

112054

Laptop backlight adjustment problem

114595

Feisty HAL upgrade broke suspend on lid close

137077

[gutsy] on 100% battery charged, g-p-m incorrectly notifies of removal of power cable and switch to battery

147772

after turning brightness off gpm does not respond to brightness up

155088

installing Ubuntu 7.10, crashed, no report. Rebooted to livecd and crashed again before I had touched anything

ArnaudBlouin

156621

[gutsy] Closing the lid will crash the system no matter how the gnome power manager is set, but system (Dell X300) will suspend/resume just fine in any other way.

163678

Unplugging AC power when screen is dimmed interferes with brightness settings

164292

screen fades to black on common actions

164527

Brightness increased when unplugged, decreased when plugged in

174482

Sleep / hibernate seriously crashes Gnome on AMD64

178281

backlight goes off when unplugging power supply

179965

[gutsy, hardy] device not accepting address / modprobe-blacklist / gnome-power-manager

188146

"Battery is Charged" notification shows at wrong time

190322

Power history differs from ACPI estimate by factor of 2

193709

While working screen-monitor goes blank & doesn't respond to keyboard or/and mouse

pedro

194732

Screen power saving mode will not resume after using VNC prorgram

pedro

199227

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

199466

Screen brightness goes down automatic

200974

Power Manager Brightness Applet bug

pedro

202064

brigtness changing itself

202089

Pulseaudio is blocking normal sound after resume

203108

[hardy] Brightness level on battery is not consistent with user adjustments

pedro

204036

Hardy - hardware testing makes gnome-power-manager run at 45% CPU

pedro

209222

Unresponsive programs hang g-p-m on logout

210338

alsa breaks when switching to battery power

211146

Brighness level adjustment weird behavior

pedro

211721

Thinkpad X61 tablet does not suspend when battery is critical

pedro

213108

spurious event not ignored on AC attach

217272

brightness applet starts at 0%, although screen not dimmed

pedro

218894

screensaver events cause gnome-power-manager to switch to full brightness by itself sporadically

pedro

219735

Sleep not defined or settable in gnome-power-manager

pedro

220232

fgrlx+compiz+FireGL v5200/v5250 => 100% cpu after resume

222482

when started it should set the default becklight

pedro

222487

Ubuntu offers no control over WLAN power-management

222852

Mystery power button events on resume

223192

Doesn't detect lid closing on Dell Inspiron 5150

pedro

223478

[hardy] Doesn't wake from sleep after lid-close causes suspend to RAM

pedro

223770

hibernate included in shutdown menu, even if it can't work.

ChrisCoulson

223772

hibernate, suspend occasionally missing from shutdown menu

pedro

223786

Power button invokes new process for every keypress

224803

[hardy]No resume from standby

225237

brightness change after turn down the screen

227101

display not put to sleep

pedro

227425

macbook, keyboard backlight keys not working after suspend

pedro

227566

Amarok's OSD brings GPM back from idle

pedro

227569

display dims when playing frozen-bubble

pedro

228040

gnome-power preferences slider values do not agree with gconf settings for gnome-power-manager

pedro

228821

Battery always shown as present

pedro

228932

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

229466

When suspended in battery mode and resumed in A/C power mode, the laptop display brightness is low

229672

g-p-m requires twiddling in gconf-editor to for cpufreq to be operable on some machines

ChrisCoulson

231278

Opposite Response on Power Event

pedro

231397

gnome-power-manager sets all DPMS timeouts to 0

pedro

231617

Hardy gnome-power-manager fails to brighten/dim in even steps and doesn't bright the display to the maximum value on lenovoT60

pedro

234309

[hardy] sound is played when hibernate fails even if system sounds are disabled in gnome-sound-properties

235393

Battery runtime remaining / recharge time indicator doesnt switch for different batteries

pedro

236507

Extreme lags in Hardy Heron

pedro

238030

Laptop - Standby - resume without password

238670

gnome power manager No option in logoff dialog for suspend

240828

Power Management Bug

pedro

241742

power manager crashed update

243751

closing the lid should suspend if and only if no external video is connected

243904

LCD Brightness no longer works on Sony VGN-CR120E

pedro

244755

Laptop back lighting on battery power buggy

pedro

246076

dpms is broken (again)

246791

when unplugging the sleep after x minutes on battery is activated inappropriately

pedro

247069

[Hardy] Power data not updated

247915

Inhibit Applet Does Not work

pedro

248062

Xubuntu does not shutdown on critical battery status

248680

false "suspend error" warning after resume

248893

CPU scheduling causes temporary freeze when unplugged from AC

pedro

249323

gnome-power-manager is not performing any acton on critical battery condition in hardy

pedro

249439

brightness decreased even if asked not to do

pedro

249568

Backlight isn't turned off after inactivity on iBook G4

pedro

250014

inconsistent backlight change and volume change behavior

pedro

250067

Power Manager Brightness Applet is not dimming the backlight

ChrisCoulson

250172

No "On Battery Power" tab after inserting battery

pedro

250533

Suspend stopped working on Dell Latitude C610 in recent Hardy update

pedro

250649

power status mouse-over does not change when power plugged in

ChrisCoulson

254309

UPS USB connection causes power management to freeze system in Hardy

pedro

254318

High CPU usage when idle & lid closed

pedro

255206

gnome-brightness-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref()

pedro

257908

gnome-power-manager ignores unchecked dim on idle while on ac

258178

Ubuntu doesn't save power on it's own

258920

screen brightness oscillates slowly

259868

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

260894

Gnome Power Manager Crashes everytime after login

ArnaudBlouin

261721

LCD brightness OSD steals keyboard focus

261724

Brightness OSD doesn't stop adjusting

264468

GNOME desktop brightness automatically dimmed at startup

267109

a second gnome-power-manager gets launched as root, without reason

270331

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

ArnaudBlouin

271691

gnome-brightness-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in _XReply()

pedro

271944

g-p-m doesn't recognize ac adapter plugging

pedro

272002

gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() - When I unplugged power on my laptop.

james_w

274684

One of them is that the gnome-power-manager loading/exiting/use problems

274887

system unresponsive/thrashing after long idle time

275308

Dual Monitors won't SLEEP in TwinView mode

275496

[intrepid] alpha 6 - on battery power, display slowly dims then brightens for no reason

276601

gnome-power-manager fail

pedro

276772

gnome-power-manager crashed with signal 7 in gst_element_change_state() after resume

pedro

278089

"Starting Power Manager" shouldn't show up on taskbar during login

279293

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

pedro

279406

"Shut Down" dialog doesn't open in the foreground

279427

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

279552

[intrepid] gpm crashes when two batteries attached, and not on mains

280374

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

pedro

280518

Brightness Applet/Brightness Keys Do Not Work In Gateway M-7315u Laptop

ArnaudBlouin

280948

gnome-power-manager does not handle dimming of LCD backlighting correctly.

pedro

281139

wishlist: please add "lock screen on resume" to Power Management applet

281724

[gnome-power-manager] cooling fans gone crazy

GregAuger

40 Confirmed Bugs

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

Bug

Subject

Triager

150086

gnome-power-manager brightness control is crazy

150205

Make menu items labels more consistent and clear

150777

in gutsy, screen locks on lid close even when gconf option is turned off

152731

[regression] gnome-power-manager laptop backlight not working on VAIO VGN-FSxxx

155191

Battery Broken message cut off

156226

Screen is not locked when laptop lid is closed

156645

Power button options should include "Do Nothing"

158072

The use_screensaver_settings check box should be ticked in gconf-editor

161216

Ubuntu reports "suspend problem", but provides no detail on what went wrong

174151

USB connected UPS reported as internal power

175826

Gnome brightness-applet/ energy unable to support smartdimmer

177129

Laptop lid close button dosen't work

182738

Different discharge time in battery details and tooltip

187151

both GPM and KDE don't check if we're already logging out interactively when processing power button

190000

g-p-m does not indicate battery state correctly + changing brightness to random values.

194715

rt2x00 suspend to ram won't work

201318

acpi reporting incorrect battery state

ChrisCoulson

202800

Notebook monitor does not turn off when idle

203677

gnome-power-manager cpufreq problem

ChrisCoulson

207583

[hardy] Two instances of applet icon are displayed in notification area

215217

[Hardy] laptop function key + brightness keys combo activates twice if pressed once.

220226

Screen briefly appears after suspend despite lock

221475

Brightness increases higher than settings

222121

Hibernate doesn't work on Asus A6Ja

223954

Brightness control still has major bugs

225475

return from dim not to full brightness

230054

missing brightness settings in power management

230264

problem with auto-decreasing brightness when idle option on laptop

232099

brightness is not saved and restored correctly

233920

Sleep on lid close work only 1 time

235363

Brightness applet loses sync with screen brightness

243848

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

246084

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

261084

Suspends again right after resume

262293

Manual Brightness Setting Changes After Idle

269083

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

james_w

274197

GPM Icon locks up on AC Status change

274412

Battery icon won't disappear once battery is charged

ChrisCoulson

275855

on charge/discharge icon doesn't change

ChrisCoulson

282041

Logout/Shut down windows not on top

37 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

31943

Gnome-power-manager allows multiple dialogues to open

CharlieKravetz

33349

Timeout is too short on dimming

CharlieKravetz

39413

ubuntu doesn't notice when running on battery

48723

Hibernation and Suspend Problem with Asus A3000 series laptop

66257

Screen blanks when watching movies

67954

mouseemu prevents detection of Power button event

99505

[apport] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

112788

Crash when resuming from suspend on HP nc6400

122666

[gutsy] brightness always appears after Idle

CharlieKravetz

137598

Screen brightness resets to default (maximum) on idle with AC plugged in

139291

g-p-m suspends laptop on unplugging event

147048

suspend only works once

CharlieKravetz

149780

Rediculous number of software brightness steps. 18 vs. 8 before on ThinkPad

CharlieKravetz

159361

gutsy gnome-power-manager shows incorrect time remaining with two batteries conencted

159407

gnome power management doesn't reload itself after hibernation

CharlieKravetz

176544

gnome-power-manager: (user) suspend failed on Toshiba Portege R500

CharlieKravetz

182369

battery time remaining reported incorrectly

184219

brightness applet crashes on login

CharlieKravetz

184960

Using suspend key results in suspend loop

nhandler

188194

gnome-power-manager not calling gnome-session --kill on power button

188639

laptop will not sleep after idle time

CharlieKravetz

189416

gnome power manager changes laptop mode settings

CharlieKravetz

193192

DPMS is broken

CharlieKravetz

197108

Hibernates instantly when back from a out-of-battery hibernate

nhandler

207809

Screen brightness regulation malfunctions

nhandler

216198

Screen brightness gets reset to 100% on resume from sleep

218871

Laptop display backlit

220657

reduce backlight brightness / dim display when idle

221085

Screen sleep doesn't recover on my tx1000

222491

[Hardy] Reported battery-life is way off

nhandler

222526

dim dispay when idle (power management)

224237

magically accumulating batteries

nhandler

225326

X Windows blank after resume from hibernate

239366

gnome-power-manager not saving UPS settings

239413

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

247477

gnome-brightness-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref()

pedro

269049

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

james_w

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