Bug#466666: gnome-power-manager: dims the display when idle in X but not idle in another account on a virtual console
Loïc Minier
lool at dooz.org
Wed Feb 20 13:13:38 UTC 2008
Hi,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008, Paul Wise wrote:
> Sometimes I switch to a virtual console to do some work as root, after a
> little while, GNOME dims my laptop display slightly due to the fact that
> I am idle in the GNOME session. It should only dim the display if the
> current vt is X.
I think I disagree: I think apps shouldn't be aware of which vt you're
on; IMO, the brightness should be saved on vt switch and changing the
vt under vt foo should only affect vt foo.
What's your xorg driver and version? I think I'll reassign this to
xorg or your display driver.
Bye,
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Loïc Minier
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