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let the user decide, how much xfpm should dimm the LCD
Status:
CLOSED: FIXED
Product:
Xfce4-power-manager
Component:
General

Comments

Description Evgeni Golov 2009-04-14 07:02:10 CEST
Hey again :)

currently xfpm only knows that the user wants his screen dimmed after X seconds, but not to which level. "The darkest" sounds like the correct answer, and that perfectly works on my Thinkpad X31, but on my iBook "the darkest" means "off" which is quite annoying and can kill the backlight too soon :(

So again something for the advanced tab :)
Comment 1 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-04-14 07:19:10 CEST
(In reply to comment #0)
> Hey again :)
> 
> currently xfpm only knows that the user wants his screen dimmed after X
> seconds, but not to which level. "The darkest" sounds like the correct answer,
> and that perfectly works on my Thinkpad X31, but on my iBook "the darkest"
> means "off" which is quite annoying and can kill the backlight too soon :(
> 
> So again something for the advanced tab :)

Which version is this, beta2 right, if the lowest level causing a problem for you, then there is two solutions, one is to set the level to lowest_level + 1, second is to give the user the ability of changing it.

Also please attach here the output of lshal.
Comment 2 Evgeni Golov 2009-04-19 09:16:58 CEST
Created attachment 2296 
lshal output iBook G4 12" (Mid 2005)
Comment 3 Evgeni Golov 2009-04-19 09:18:49 CEST
lshal is attached, running beta2 the problem still exists.
and yes, both of your solutions would fix it, but I'd prefer the complete custom one
Comment 4 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-04-19 09:54:35 CEST
(In reply to comment #2)
> Created an attachment (id=2296) [details]
> lshal output iBook G4 12" (Mid 2005)

Please reattach you lshal output, the previous one seems to be broken, no information inside.
Comment 5 Evgeni Golov 2009-04-19 09:58:40 CEST
Damn, here it is: http://die-welt.net/~evgeni/lshal-ibook-g4.txt
Comment 6 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-04-19 10:59:43 CEST
(In reply to comment #5)
> Damn, here it is: http://die-welt.net/~evgeni/lshal-ibook-g4.txt

Okay, it is fixed in r7237 please try it out and confirm, depending on the laptop_panel brightness possible levels the manager now decides how to handle it, i think this is the way to go.
Comment 7 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-07-02 14:10:47 CEST
Closing old bugs to keep things organized.

Bug #5227

Reported by:
Evgeni Golov
Reported on: 2009-04-14
Last modified on: 2009-07-14

People

Assignee:
Ali Abdallah
CC List:
0 users

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Attachments

lshal output iBook G4 12" (Mid 2005) (9.10 KB, application/gzip)
2009-04-19 09:16 CEST , Evgeni Golov
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