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Bug 348218 - Bad diming of the screen when two users are active at once
Bad diming of the screen when two users are active at once
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-power-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
SVN TRUNK
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
: 358483 375317 379418 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-07-21 08:51 UTC by søren hauberg
Modified: 2020-11-06 20:13 UTC
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Description søren hauberg 2006-07-21 08:51:39 UTC 
Here's the situation:

I log in as user A. User A has checked the "Dim the laptop panel when idle" setting. 

Now I switch user (System -> Log out -> Switch user) to user B, and use the system for a while as user B.

After a while the screen will be dimmed even though user B is active. I'm guessing that the problem is that user A's power manager sees user A as inactive and then dimmes the screen.
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2006-07-21 15:34:29 UTC 
This is a much larger problem than screen dimming, and something that integration of PolicyKit should fix. Until then there is no way we can have temp session authority over one monitor. The PolicyKit stuff is in an early stage in g-p-m, and you need cvs policykit to test it.
Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2006-11-26 11:36:08 UTC 
*** Bug 379418 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Richard Hughes 2006-11-26 11:38:46 UTC 
*** Bug 358483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Richard Hughes 2006-12-23 15:15:17 UTC 
*** Bug 375317 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 André Klapper 2020-11-06 20:13:46 UTC 
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