Bug#480407: gnome-power-manager: dim-on-idle cannot be turned off

[Nikolaus Schulz]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.14.3-3+b1
Severity: normal


Hi, 

on my iBook, the gconf key /apps/gnome-power-manager/dim_on_idle is
ignored; the display is *always* dimmed when the session is considered
idle.  Workaround: set /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay to zero.
Here's my g-p-m configuration: 

anna[~]$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-power-manager
 battery_brightness = 100
 check_type_cpu = true
 can_hibernate = true
 ac_sleep_display = 1800
 action_button_power = interactive
 lock_on_hibernate = true
 battery_sleep_computer = 1200
 action_ac_button_lid = blank
 lock_on_suspend = true
 dim_on_idle = false
 lock_on_blank_screen = true
 notify_hal_error = true
 ac_brightness = 100
 use_time_for_policy = true
 notify_fully_charged = true
 display_icon_policy = always
 policy_suppression_timeout = 5
 action_button_suspend = suspend
 action_sleep_type = suspend
 battery_sleep_display = 420
 notify_ac_adapter = true
 ac_sleep_computer = 0
 action_battery_button_lid = suspend
 can_suspend = true
 action_button_hibernate = hibernate
 action_battery_critical = hibernate
 check_type_net = true
 lock_use_screensaver_settings = true
anna[~]$ 

This really has driven me up the wall.  

Nikolaus


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-deb.040508
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                 2.16.1-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  hal                    0.5.8.1-9         Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.12.4-3          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0          0.2.6-6           Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.16-3etch1     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.16-3etch1     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1         0.6.16-3etch1     Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.14.0-3          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.14.0-5          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.2.4-4.1+etch1   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.0.2-1           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.71-3            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                0.2.36-3          Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1         2.4.2-1.2         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.2.1-5+etch2     FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.16.1-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11            1.2.3-2           LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.0-4         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.12.4-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.6.0-3           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0            2.16.0-2          The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.14.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.14.1-2          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.14.2-7        GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13            1.4.4-3           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0          1.4-1             library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.20-7          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal1                0.5.8.1-9         Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                1:1.0.1-2         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62              6b-13             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnotify1             0.4.3-1           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.3-0.2      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.14.8-5          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.15~beta5-1    PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.10-3            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 1:1.0.1-3         X11 Session Management library
ii  libtasn1-3             0.3.6-2           Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwnck18              2.14.3-1          Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-7         X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1            1.1.7-4           X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               1:1.0.1-2         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3             1:4.0.1-5         X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                 1:1.0.1-4         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           1:1.0.1-4.1       X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.6.27.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             2:1.1.0.2-5       X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.1-3         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  notification-daemon    0.3.5-1+b1        a daemon that displays passive pop
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-13        compression library - runtime

gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.

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