@Noel: The intention of the applet is to inhibit auto-standby. However, the new version in the above linked ppa has a patch which might also inhibit the screen saver as well since it will inhibit the gnome session from going idle. I'm not 100% sure though. Does either version (karmic official repo our the above ppa) inhibit the screen saver?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Noel J. Bergman<n...@devtech.com> wrote: > Scott, should this also be inhibiting screen-saving? > > -- > [karmic] inhibit applet not working > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389857 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Gnome Powermanager: New > Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager > > The inhibit applet does not work in Karmic (both as a jaunty upgrade and in a > Live CD environment, on a desktop and a laptop). > > test case: > After adding the applet to the gnome panel, the applet icon appears normal, > and the tooltip says "Automatic sleep enabled". > Click on the applet. > > Result: > Clicking on the applet icon produces no effect. The inhibit applet's icon and > tooltip does not change, and gnome-power is not inhibited (the screen will > still blank/suspend as per power profile). > > Expected result: > clicking on the applet changes the tool tip and icon to display "automatic > sleep disabled" (or something similar), and the applet should prevent the > screen from blanking or suspending. > > > Also, from the terminal: > > ye...@yelo3-laptop:~/bin$ /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager-inhibit test > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/gnome-power-manager-inhibit", line 34, in <module> > cookie = gpm.Inhibit("Command Line: " + sys.argv[1], "Long Execution") > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ > return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ > **keywords) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in > call_blocking > message, timeout) > dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: > Method "Inhibit" with signature "ss" on interface "(null)" doesn't exist > ** Summary changed: - [karmic] inhibit applet not working + [karmic] inhibit applet does not inhibit user initiated events ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager - - The inhibit applet does not work in Karmic (both as a jaunty upgrade and - in a Live CD environment, on a desktop and a laptop). - - test case: - After adding the applet to the gnome panel, the applet icon appears normal, and the tooltip says "Automatic sleep enabled". - Click on the applet. - - Result: - Clicking on the applet icon produces no effect. The inhibit applet's icon and tooltip does not change, and gnome-power is not inhibited (the screen will still blank/suspend as per power profile). - - Expected result: - clicking on the applet changes the tool tip and icon to display "automatic sleep disabled" (or something similar), and the applet should prevent the screen from blanking or suspending. - - - Also, from the terminal: - - ye...@yelo3-laptop:~/bin$ /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager-inhibit test - Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/bin/gnome-power-manager-inhibit", line 34, in <module> - cookie = gpm.Inhibit("Command Line: " + sys.argv[1], "Long Execution") - File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ - return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) - File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ - **keywords) - File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking - message, timeout) - dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "Inhibit" with signature "ss" on interface "(null)" doesn't exist + With the inhibit applet enabled: + 1) does the screen blank when power preferences is set to blank it? (no) + 2) does it suspend at the time set in power preferences? (no) + 3) can you manually shutdown? (no) + 4) can you manually suspend? (yes) + 5) can you manually switch users, log off, hibernate? (yes, no, yes) + 6) on lid close, does it suspend? (yes) + 7) on lid close,does it shutdown? (no) ** Summary changed: - [karmic] inhibit applet does not inhibit user initiated events + [karmic] inhibit applet does not inhibit some user initiated events ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium -- [karmic] inhibit applet does not inhibit some user initiated events https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389857 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
