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Bug 517925 - Screen should not turn on if lid is closed
Screen should not turn on if lid is closed
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-power-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-power-manager
2.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-02-21 18:47 UTC by Andrew Conkling
Modified: 2012-03-23 09:32 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Andrew Conkling 2008-02-21 18:47:18 UTC 
Reported downstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/44686

My laptop (a Dell Inspiron 6000) has multimedia buttons on the front that can be used when the lid is closed. My g-p-m settings are to blank the screen when the lid is closed.

However, when I press the button (e.g. the volume) with the lid closed, I can see the screen turn back on inside the laptop. What's worse is that it never turns back off after that, even after the customary screensaver delay.

Another bug reports the same behavior when moving an external mouse.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set g-p-m to blank the screen with the lid closed.
2. Close the lid; the screen turns off.
3. Press a multimedia button, move an external mouse, etc.
4. Wait for the screensaver to turn on and/or the screen to turn off; no response.
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2008-04-07 22:29:30 UTC 
There really isn't a good way to tell DPMS to really stay off (last I checked).  Moving this to gnome-power-manager since that's where we do DPMS stuff...
Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2008-04-08 08:03:07 UTC 
Yes, we can get DPMS without polling with the new X extension that is being proposed. I'll switch g-p-m to use that when it appears.
Comment 3 dav2dev 2008-10-18 00:53:30 UTC 
Hello, I just want to confirm the bug on my Dell Inspiron 6000 (what a coincidence!) with an external mouse and with the multimedia keys, on Ubuntu Intrepid. Hope the bugfix will come soon :)