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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Power management or something?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>>>> I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some
>>>> trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going
>>>> into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. =A0A=
re
>>>> there power management settings somewhere or something similar? =A0I'm
>>>> on xfce4.
>>>>
>>>> - Grant
>>>
>>> I found another clue. =A0It happens whenever I shut my laptop screen,
>>> even for a moment. =A0Is this some kind of sleep mode? =A0Might I be ab=
le
>>> to disable it in the kernel somewhere?
>>>
>>> - Grant
>>>
>>
>> I had that same issue with closing the screen. I think my solution was
>> a KDE setting which won't help you unless there is something similar
>> with XFCE.
>>
>> I'll boot the laptop and see if I Can spot what I did. Ah the things
>> we have time for when watching Hulu on a Sunday morning... ;-)
>>
>> Back later,
>> Mark
>
> Keeping in mind that I'm _not_ using or even testing backlighting, the
> place where I controlled whether the laptop got screen locked or
> hibernated was in the KDE System Settings app where I disabled all
> such stuff. Now the screen just goes black when the lid is closed,
> saving some power, but nothing locks, sleeps, hibernates or any other
> such response.
>
> I did nothing in the kernel that I see.
>
> HTH,
> Mark

Thanks Mark.  I installed xfce4-power-manager thinking it would do the
trick for sure, but unfortunately the behavior is the same even after
messing with the settings.  Weird....

- Grant