kpowersave does not activate profile after logon
Chris Snook
csnook at redhat.com
Sun Dec 9 09:36:43 UTC 2007
Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After upgrading kpowersave to version 0.7.3-1.fc8, it no longer
> activates a power profile automatically after logging on KDE. More
> specifically, it seems the power profile is correctly selected, but the
> LCD brightness is not adjusted accordingly.
> For example, if I log on running on batteries, the powersave profile is
> selected (I think), but LCD brightness is still 100%. If I change the
> profile manually to performance, the LCD is adjusted to 90% (that's my
> setting for the performance profile, this is ok). If right after that I
> change back manually to the powersave profile, the LCD is then
> correctly adjusted for 60%. However, when I logon, it's always set for
> 100%, no matter what profile it uses or the LCD brightness setting for
> this profile. Also, when the screensaver runs, the LCD brightness is
> automatically set back to 100%. Then I have to select other profile and
> change back to the one I was using to set it right again.
> I haven't found a bug on this on bugzilla. Anyone else is having this
> problem or there's something I don't know here? Should I file a bug?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo
>
I had profound issues getting kpowersave to control my backlight, until I
disabled acpid. Seems they were conflicting about something, but I haven't
tracked it down further. Does it work when you disable the acpid service?
-- Chris
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