20101118

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

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Tools

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Upstream project

The GNOME Power Manager upstream Bug Tracker and Home page are:

Please check for already bugs filed in the upstream Bug tracker before sending our reports.

Stock Responses

For problem specific Stock Responses see: Bugs/Responses

50 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

676165

Hibernate, power unplug or turn the wireless card on generates a system crash

marconifabio@hotmail.it

676028

The battery indicator in gnome no longer tells me how long/how much charge the battery has left, instead it just says "Laptop battery (estimating...)".

675736

gnome-power-manager: Screen goes blank after idle and does not turn on again

675108

gnome-power-manager adds battery to indicator twice when battery hot-unplugged and plugged back in

675105

power manager fault alarm

marconifabio@hotmail.it

675076

Resume from suspend fails on Compaq CQ61

kamus

674887

screen brightness goes darker if i put in my power cable

kamus

674298

Hibernation warning sometimes hidden

673809

Slow LAN network on battery mode

673322

unplug event unnoticed while suspended

j4np0l

672770

Power applet never shows batterly level - always shows "estimating"

672339

package gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: Paket gnome-power-manager ist schon installiert und konfiguriert

670771

battery indicator icon ignores gconf setting "/apps/gnome-power-manager/general/use_time_for_policy"

670755

Power management can't reconize battery.

670752

Can't use Brightness Applet with mouse. Must be used with keyboard arrows

670254

After reopening the notebook cover the system reboots

669604

"Reduce backlight brightness" and "Dim display when idle" semantically means the same

669597

gnome-power-manager shows two entries in the menu for my cell phone (iPhone 3G) after unplugging it from USB

669411

brightness key combinations disables entire Linux on Samsung R439 Laptop

669078

g-p-m not powering down screens

669062

No information about discharging rate and no estimate of remaining time on Ideapad S12

668943

package gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: impossible de supprimer « //usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-power-manager/en_GB/figures/applet-inhibit.png.dpkg-tmp » de façon sûre: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type

marconifabio@hotmail.it

667560

Battery is always discharging

667466

Options disappear from GUI

666931

Additional handling is necessary for keyboard backlight on ASUS laptops

666300

REGRESSION: Applet reports fully-charged on boot until battery death

665806

false battery alarm with realtime app running (jackd)

665633

Brightness value not preserved when returning to login screen

665239

Ubuntu Maverick with MSI Laptop - Can't resume and can't unplugged the computer

665064

The gnome power applet randomly re-classifies my battery power

664045

can't control brightness of Toshiba Satellite R630 (Portege R700) display after suspend

662417

power management problem after upgrade- computer will not switch power off

662266

gnome-power-preferences should display the time to sleep more verbosely

662081

suspend/resume failure on VAIO VGN-FW21M

662052

Laptop boots instead of resuming from suspend

661997

Computer Immediately resumes from standby

661911

Brightness Applet 2.32.0 not working with nvidia proprietary

evfool

661388

screen brightness does not increase to normal level after plugging in

661196

Maverick: Laptop hibernates when power removed

661092

not powering down monitors

660917

Screen brightness adjustment does not change at all on my Acer Aspire Timeline 5810TZ

659608

gnome-power-manager detects iPhone twice.

658376

gnome-power-manager applet does not work and battery does not charge

658187

Brightness increment/decrement step size using Fn key is too big

657987

No custom time values for power management

657980

Brightness applet doesnt change brightness and randomly moves

657905

package gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package gnome-power-manager is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

657508

Network becomes sluggish when running on battery

657225

battery status odd

656745

dell vostro 3700 always crash (frozen) if I work with battery (power or thermal limit exceeded)

50 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

527102

Brightness control key types "±" character

526539

bad lid_ac setting at gdm prompt

525647

can't select hibernate with swap file

525421

dell inspirion 1501 with ubuntu 9.10 shuts down, when connected to charger

523734

gnome-power-manager crashed with signal 5

521590

Laptop monitor won't sleep & screensaver not working

520020

Power Management Applet doesn't show concerned tabs in some particular conditions

519341

Laptop battery percentage with 2 batteries is wrong + no time

518868

Gnome Brightness Applet bar jumps to left side of screen

517820

closing the lid suspends even when AC is plugged in

516833

Indicator applet does not support desktop suspend or hybernate

515744

the luminosity applet crashes and starts to flash

515193

battery-full-design value does not match with battery specification

511781

slow performance when AC power, fast when on battery

510917

gnome-power-manager does not engage after auto log on

510598

all power savings do not kick in when going from ac to battery power (acer travelmate 5720)

510582

power management brigtness display chages

510173

Brightness does not change

508189

Inactivity Brightness

500997

Certain commands in /etc/acpi/power.sh prevent pm-powersave to switch on

500584

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

499273

DELL Inspiron 6400 goes to sleep mode after awaking on battery

498764

laptop battery not working (Ubuntu 9.10)

498172

GPM suspend while heavy load

497518

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

496994

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

496221

Gnome power manager default thresholds for critical hibernate/shutdown are too low

492030

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

491269

return after hibernation not working on MS Wind U100

490295

no battery information under gnome-power-manager

489887

gnome power manager error on acer aspire one netbook

489439

Shuts down when power is plugged in for critically low battery

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

487708

Brightness control present for ac and absent for battery

486935

Battery Discharging Popup Message - Runtime way off.

charlie-tca

486301

Display is darker after suspension and hibernation in Ubuntu 9.10

charlie-tca

485370

g-p-m doesn't show enough information

charlie-tca

485249

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

charlie-tca

484399

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

charlie-tca

483258

Sleep and lid buttons don't work in Karmic

charlie-tca

483198

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

charlie-tca

482948

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

charlie-tca

482704

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

charlie-tca

482616

PC does not suspend, needs restart if suspend is forced

charlie-tca

482384

Battery Discharging notification urgency

charlie-tca

482319

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

charlie-tca

476934

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

charlie-tca

474342

wireless network indicator lamp

charlie-tca

474172

100% cpu and applet absent after wake from sleep

charlie-tca

50 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

663105

maverick: gnome-power-manager does not display battery percentage on left icon click, even when told so by gconf-editor - instead wants to calculate time even if not possible

660746

System (notebook) freze after electric cable is detached

660297

Dell Latitude D600 hangs on wakeup from suspend

653847

Battarey applet dubliates entries

650683

[Maverick] System hibernates when suspend is implied on battery

638721

No time left reported for laptop battery

638592

Constantly, but randomly, power-manager warns me that my battery is critically low and will be hibernating unless power is plugged in. During this I know the battery is 100% because when I click OK the battery applet then shows the correct information

618967

gnome-power-manager reports BadAtom, crashes on launch

614947

Can't adjust Brighness on power settings, brighness applet and Fn+F6 F7

608770

battery critically low dialog doesn't disappear when plugged in

606756

GUI setting needed to disable or enable wake from suspend via mouse (or keyboard)

582690

hibernation not available for HP Envy 15

579513

shows "laptop battery is charged" at the same time as an almost-empty icon

579245

Only allow a single "Laptop battery critically low" dialogue

578542

resuming from S3 wrongly prompts for password

576698

gnome-power-manager hibernates instead of suspending on idle

573660

I can set the screen brightness high and low with the function keys but not with the window Power Management Prefernces (tab On AC Power).

570940

No remaining time displayed when on battery

570042

can't adjust the brightness of my laptop display

563862

Connected Ipod(?) causes g-p-m to fail

558853

PC does not hibernate

marconifabio@hotmail.it

555122

Cannot adjust brightness in Lucid Lynx

545731

ACPI video brightness not working(F7 F8)

545239

Low battery notification is badly worded when remaining time is unknown

539734

Sleep button on Thinkpad T61 does not work with Lucid

536999

Gnome does not suspend when critical battery charge is reached.

529212

Battery monitor does not report battery information

kamus

526641

dbus does not report any PowerManagment messages

518508

on occasion, waking from suspend doesn't prompt for password

kamus

516023

"Critcally low" shown on unplug at 100% full

513716

[lucid] battery status not detected/shown until /proc entry viewed

kamus

509660

Unlock dialog should be displayed when resuming from standby or hibernation

503577

g-p-m brightness not applied anymore after rebooting

kamus

501500

wrong charge level computed/reported

kamus

498974

Backlight behaves erratically when changed from keyboard.

kamus

496842

Can't unblank certain laptops after closing and reopening the lid

kamus

489824

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

marconifabio@hotmail.it

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

481056

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

478308

Dim when idle won't turn off

475806

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

marconifabio@hotmail.it

473705

power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor

467877

crashes when suspend on AC, resume on battery power

marconifabio@hotmail.it

464535

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

kamus

461379

reduce backlight brightness sets brightness level incorrectly

marconifabio@hotmail.it

460565

Gnome-power-manager ignores its settings

marconifabio@hotmail.it

457067

Can not trigger suspend/hibernate by tray icon

kamus

454818

The gnome power manager and configurability.

kamus

Progress

http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/complete-graphs/gnome-power-manager/plots/gnome-power-manager-1day-triaging.png

More Bugs

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