Re: [gpm] Thinkpad T60 bug and small proposal

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 22:52 +0100, Alfredo Matos wrote:
> I've tracked down the bug, to gnome-screensaver, and consequently to
> X.org. The problem is when the LCD dims (with no activity), the X server
> detects and event (usually takes between 100 - 200 microseconds),
> causing it to think that there is activity. I'm not sure where to file
> this bug, so some help would be appreciated.

Gotcha. Nice one for finding the bug.

> What do you guys think about decoupling the inactivity detection from
> gnome-screensaver ? The rationale for this is to have the following feature:

I think that it's okay having gnome-screensaver doing the idle, but we
might have to communicate to g-s that it should ignore keypresses for a
few seconds. This is on the assumption we get the DBUS event before the
XEVENT. Jon, what do you think?

> Another small, but i'm not sure about feasibilty here, is to disable
> OpenGL screensavers, by means of gnome-power-manager, since they kickin
> spending more battery than a screensaver deserves. AFAIK is spends more
> battery, but i'm not that sure. Anyways, this is just a side issue.

gnome-power-manager (should) already do this when on battery. :-)

Richard.