Description of problem: With screensaver st to "blank screen" the screen goes dark after the timeout. On typing or moving mouse, the screen wakes up, always at the brightest setting--even if it was at dimmest setting before. This is a regression from kernel-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 and earlier. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install radeonfb in initrd and reboot. Using GNOME, set screensaver to "blank screen". 2. Wait for screen to go dark. 3. Move mouse or type. Actual results: Screen comes back on at full brightness. Expected results: Screen should come back at the same brightness it was set at before blanking. Additional info: Thinkpad T41 with Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500. I use the radeonfb driver to control a power issue when suspending to RAM. I tried switching to a VC. The screen blanks dim and restores dim, but switching back to X, the screen brightens. Blanking seems necessary to cause the change. Just switching back and forth between X and VC does not cause brightness to change. It does, however, cause the tpb (thinkpad-buttons) on-screen display to show briefly. That also shows when waking up the screen in X. I have attached xorg.conf, in case it is useful. Below are some relevant-looking log messages. None of the gnome-power-manager messages appeared before starting this kernel. As far as I can tell, the agpgart messages only appeared before on boot or resume from suspend to RAM before this kernel: Jan 20 15:48:22 vincent52 gnome-power-manager: (mjs) Screen dim because idle mode started Jan 20 15:52:16 vincent52 gnome-power-manager: (mjs) Screen resume because idle mode ended Jan 20 16:36:14 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 20 16:36:14 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:36:14 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:36:15 vincent52 gnome-power-manager: (mjs) Screen dim because idle mode started Jan 20 16:36:15 vincent52 gnome-power-manager: (mjs) Screen resume because idle mode ended Jan 20 16:36:44 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 20 16:36:44 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:36:44 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:41:32 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 20 16:41:32 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:41:32 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:42:35 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 20 16:42:35 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:42:35 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:42:50 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 20 16:42:50 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode Jan 20 16:42:50 vincent52 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
Created attachment 146063 [details] xorg.conf
Looks like the agpgart messages have to do with switching from VC to X and back. The gnome-power-manager messages are the new ones that appear when the screen blanks and resumes. They did not appear before upgrading the kernel. BTW, gnome-power-manager is 2.16.0-4.fc6, installed in November.
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This issue persists with F8 kernel-2.6.23.9-85.fc8. In addition, the brightness seems to change randomly back to the default value set in gnome-power-manager preferences. So I can change it manually with function keys, but it will change back after some short interval of idleness.
Changing version to F8. I'm thinking that this may be a gnome-power-manager issue rather than a kernel issue. Reassigning there in order to get their input.
forgot to click the reassignment button
Seems like a reasonable conjecture, except for the fact that the behavior originally appeared with a kernel update that did not affect g-p-m or pm-utils. We'll see...
kernel-2.6.24.3-50.fc8.x86_64 gnome-power-manager-2.20.0-6.fc8.x86_64 OK I think this is what's going on. g-p-m is behaving as intended, but its intentions are warped. Actual behavior: - Screen is set to default brightness. - Screen dims after idle (I have that option set), but not to the lowest setting. - I change the brightness manually (brightness applet or function keys). - Next time the screen dims, when it resumes, it resumes to the default setting, not the last manual setting. - Same if the screen blanks or the backlight goes off in screensaver mode or suspend or hibernate. If I'm working in dim conditions, I may set the screen brightness lower than the "dim" setting. In that case, the screen gets brighter at idle, and brightens to the default setting when I resume. Behavior I would consider correct: - On login, screen assumes default setting - Screen dims on idle to lowest setting (if the option is enabled) - If I reset the brightness manually, the screen always resume to the last manually set level (until logout), whether from dim-on-idle, blank screen, or backlight off. I don't have an opinion on whether a manual setting should be preserved across suspend or hibernate.
Some more data on actual behavior. If I deselct the auto-dim option, I get the following behavior: - I dim the screen. - After some idle time, the screen reverts to its default level. - After some more time, the screen blanks. - On wake-up, the screen is at default level. Expected behavior: - I dim the screen. - After sime idle time, the screen stays where I set it. - After some more time, the screen blanks. - On wake-up, the screen is at the last level I set. Current packages: gnome-power-manager-2.20.0-6.fc8.x86_64 pm-utils-0.99.4-6.fc8.x86_64 kernel-2.6.24.7-92.fc8.x86_64
Do the packages in rawhide make things work better? I've tried to make g-p-m always respect the users brightness setting rather then preferring the policy.
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