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Bug 580080 - after inhibit/uninhibit, never suspends
after inhibit/uninhibit, never suspends
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-power-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-power-manager
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal critical
: ---
Assigned To: GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
: 579908 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-24 08:06 UTC by Avery Fay
Modified: 2012-03-23 09:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26



Description Avery Fay 2009-04-24 08:06:29 UTC
Please describe the problem:
If an app inhibits power management then uninhibits p-m, g-p-m will never suspend.

Steps to reproduce:
1. set suspend timeout really low for testing (2 minutes)
2. start rhythmbox... play something that takes like 5 minutes.
3. don't touch anything so computer is idle.
4. dpms will be enabled correctly, but computer will never suspend even after song finishes + suspend timeout.


Actual results:
computer doesn't suspend even after playback stops + suspend timeout.

Expected results:
computer should suspend after playback stops + suspend timeout.

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
rhythmbox logs:

(03:38:47) [0x136e500] [register_rb_plugin] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:72: Registering plugin RBGPMPlugin
(03:38:47) [0x136e500] [rb_gpm_plugin_init] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:85: RBGPMPlugin initialising
(03:39:00) [0x136e500] [inhibit] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:201: inhibiting
(03:39:00) [0x136e500] [inhibit_cb] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:181: got cookie 926759184
(03:43:50) [0x136e500] [uninhibit] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:256: uninhibiting; cookie = 926759184
(03:43:50) [0x136e500] [uninhibit_cb] rb-power-manager-plugin.c:235: uninhibited

g-p-m logs (time same as rhythmbox:

TI:03:39:00	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-inhibit.c	FN:gpm_inhibit_inhibit,191
 - Recieved Inhibit from 'Music Player' (:1.75) because 'Playing' saving as #926759184
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_powersave_idle_changed,102
 - emitting powersave-idle-changed : (1)
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:powersave_idle_changed_cb,335
 - Received GS powesave idle changed: 1
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:gpm_idle_set_mode,98
 - Doing a state transition: 1
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_notify_system_idle_changed,624
 - we were active for 306.139802s
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_notify_system_idle_changed,627
 - changing powersave idle status to 1
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_brightness_evaluate_and_set,367
 - no dimming hardware
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:gpm_info_event_log,579
 - Adding 2 to the event log
TI:03:39:48	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-array.c	FN:gpm_array_append,141
 - adding to 0x189ff40, x=915, y=2, data=0
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_session_idle_changed,91
 - emitting session-idle-changed : (1)
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:session_idle_changed_cb,310
 - Received GS session idle changed: 1
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:gpm_idle_set_mode,98
 - Doing a state transition: 2
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-dpms.c	FN:gpm_dpms_set_active,443
 - setting DPMS active: 1
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-dpms.c	FN:x11_sync_server_dpms_settings,130
 - Syncing DPMS settings enabled=1 timeouts=60 60 120
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-dpms.c	FN:x11_sync_server_dpms_settings,187
 - set DPMS timeouts: 60 60 120.
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_notify_system_idle_changed,596
 - we have just been idle for 30.002201s
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_notify_system_idle_changed,627
 - changing powersave idle status to 0
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_brightness_evaluate_and_set,367
 - no dimming hardware
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_sync_policy,160
 - choosing sensible default
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_sync_policy,165
 - not laptop, so use GPM_BACKLIGHT_METHOD_STAGGER
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:gpm_backlight_sync_policy,194
 - BACKLIGHT parameters 60 60 120, method '1'
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-dpms.c	FN:x11_sync_server_dpms_settings,130
 - Syncing DPMS settings enabled=1 timeouts=60 60 120
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-manager.c	FN:idle_changed_cb,834
 - Idle state changed: SESSION
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:gpm_info_event_log,579
 - Adding 3 to the event log
TI:03:40:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-array.c	FN:gpm_array_append,141
 - adding to 0x189ff40, x=945, y=3, data=0
TI:03:41:18	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:system_timer,171
 - System idle timeout
TI:03:41:23	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:gpm_idle_set_mode,98
 - Doing a state transition: 3
TI:03:41:23	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-manager.c	FN:idle_changed_cb,837
 - Idle state changed: SYSTEM
TI:03:41:23	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-inhibit.c	FN:gpm_inhibit_has_inhibit,340
 - We have 1 valid inhibitors
TI:03:41:23	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-notify.c	FN:gpm_notify_create,126
 - libnotify: Power Manager : <b>Music Player</b> has stopped the timeout action from taking place: <b>Playing</b>.
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-srv-screensaver.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,196
 - DPMS mode changed: 2
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_add_throttle,318
 - adding throttle reason: 'Display DPMS activated': id 1965425529
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:mode_changed_cb,711
 - emitting mode-changed : suspend
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-profile.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,655
 - DPMS mode changed: 2
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,732
 - DPMS mode changed: 2
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:gpm_info_event_log,579
 - Adding 13 to the event log
TI:03:41:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-array.c	FN:gpm_array_append,141
 - adding to 0x189ff40, x=1011, y=13, data=0
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-srv-screensaver.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,196
 - DPMS mode changed: 3
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_remove_throttle,338
 - removing throttle: id 1965425529
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_add_throttle,318
 - adding throttle reason: 'Display DPMS activated': id 1499225021
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-backlight.c	FN:mode_changed_cb,711
 - emitting mode-changed : off
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-profile.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,655
 - DPMS mode changed: 3
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:dpms_mode_changed_cb,732
 - DPMS mode changed: 3
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-info.c	FN:gpm_info_event_log,579
 - Adding 14 to the event log
TI:03:43:24	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-array.c	FN:gpm_array_append,141
 - adding to 0x189ff40, x=1131, y=14, data=0
TI:03:43:50	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-inhibit.c	FN:gpm_inhibit_un_inhibit,234
 - UnInhibit okay #926759184

this is when i gave up (5 minutes after uninhibit... should have suspended after 2 minutes):

TI:03:49:04	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-screensaver.c	FN:gpm_screensaver_powersave_idle_changed,102
 - emitting powersave-idle-changed : (0)
TI:03:49:04	TH:0x1623890	FI:gpm-idle.c	FN:powersave_idle_changed_cb,335
 - Received GS powesave idle changed: 0
Comment 1 Artyom Smirnov 2010-02-20 08:16:04 UTC
Why this still unconfirmed? This is really nasty bug because you never sure will your computer locked automatically or will showing desktop indefinitely for all.

Here easy testcase with python script:

import dbus, time

bus = dbus.SessionBus()
obj = bus.get_object('org.gnome.ScreenSaver', '/org/gnome/ScreenSaver')
iface = dbus.Interface(obj, 'org.gnome.ScreenSaver')

cookie = iface.Inhibit('test', 'test')
# set this to value bigger than your screensaver delay and computer will never locked up until you do something 
time.sleep(100)
iface.UnInhibit(cookie)
Comment 2 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2011-11-05 18:16:31 UTC
*** Bug 579908 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***