Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Alexander H Deriziotis
> > If we don't have the manpower right now then perhaps we should consider > extending the beta or release candidate stage by a week in order to give > the manpower we have enough time to solve the most significant problems? > Once again, I'm no developer, but I'm quite confident a week wouldn't

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Evan
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: > Problem is quite simple - we don't have enough manpower to do QA. If we don't have the manpower right now then perhaps we should consider extending the beta or release candidate stage by a week in order to give the manpower we have eno

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
Problem is quite simple - we don't have enough manpower to do QA. Yes, user testing matters, but having a a) spec with basic features defined and b) small, but mobile team who can access to some ten of PCs and laptops with various configurations would be a next step. Cheers, Peter. 2009/10/28 Eva

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Evan
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, George Farris wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:36 +, Alexander H Deriziotis wrote: > > > > Is there hope for this to be fixed in karmic? > > > > I'm no developer, but I think that's very unlikely. > > > > It seems to me your best bet would be to try a

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread George Farris
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:36 +, Alexander H Deriziotis wrote: > > Is there hope for this to be fixed in karmic? > > I'm no developer, but I think that's very unlikely. > > It seems to me your best bet would be to try and avoid using the > software which breaks the idle-indicators, or

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Shentino
What are the chances of an update being pushed out for this later? I realize that there's a tight schedule and all but a post-release update would seem to be a nice compromise. The shipping company has already processed and received my shipit order though so it appears the barn door's been locked

Re: Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-28 Thread Alexander H Deriziotis
> Is there hope for this to be fixed in karmic? > I'm no developer, but I think that's very unlikely. It seems to me your best bet would be to try and avoid using the software which breaks the idle-indicators, or if that's too much hassle, just skip Karmic altogether and hope it's fixed in Lucid.

Broken session idling/power management in Karmic

2009-10-27 Thread Jeff
There seems to be a set of very irritating regressions in Karmic (well, gnome 2.28.0) regarding session idling or power management inhibition. Core software such as eog and totem seem to break it. In the case at hand, your screen will never blank, never lock, and your IM will never be set to away (