Bug 859204 - Screen Energy Saving feature not working
Summary: Screen Energy Saving feature not working
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kde-workspace
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-20 19:31 UTC by Kyle Pablo
Modified: 2012-09-26 13:00 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-09-26 13:00:42 UTC
Type: Bug
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Screen shot of energy saving settings (77.78 KB, image/png)
2012-09-20 20:30 UTC, Kyle Pablo 		no flags Details
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Description Kyle Pablo 2012-09-20 19:31:32 UTC 
Description of problem:
Checking "Switch off after x minutes" in Energy Saving Settings -> On AC Power does not work. Monitor should go blank. DPMS issue?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kde-workspace-4.8.5-2.fc17.x86_64


How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
 Monitor should does not go blank.

Expected results:
 Monitor should go blank.

Additional info:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849607
Comment 1 Kyle Pablo 2012-09-20 19:35:59 UTC 
Oh, I'm using an Intel GPU.


Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  250    repeat rate:  30
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  20/10    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  600
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 17472    Suspend: 26208    Off: 34944
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2012-09-20 19:39:13 UTC 
How many minutes did you configure it for?

Those numbers posted 
  Standby: 17472    Suspend: 26208    Off: 34944
I think are in seconds, so the delay according to X is pretty long. :)
Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2012-09-20 19:40:29 UTC 
For example, I set mine for 10 minutes, and I get:

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 900    Off: 1200
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
Comment 4 Kyle Pablo 2012-09-20 20:30:05 UTC 
Created attachment 615115 [details]
Screen shot of energy saving settings
Comment 5 Kyle Pablo 2012-09-20 20:33:17 UTC 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

Laptop: Thinkpad T400

3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64
Comment 6 Kyle Pablo 2012-09-20 20:34:59 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> How many minutes did you configure it for?
> 
> Those numbers posted 
>   Standby: 17472    Suspend: 26208    Off: 34944
> I think are in seconds, so the delay according to X is pretty long. :)

Same, 10 minutes.
Comment 7 Kyle Pablo 2012-09-24 17:00:30 UTC 
Problem has gone away after recent updates.

xset -q:

Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  250    repeat rate:  30
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  20/10    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  600
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 900    Off: 1200
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
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