Re: New modules in 2.14

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 22:04, Richard Hughes wrote:
> gnome-screensaver is just that, a screensaver with a defined dbus
> interface. gnome-power-manager does all the policy decisions, which
> include what to notify on suspend, resume etc.
> 
> > Similarly, why does gnome-screensaver need to ask gnome-power-manager to
> > power down the screen?  Isn't this a simple X call that it could do itself?
> 
> It used to (I'm not sure what mode is enabled in cvs g-s), but it was
> not seen proper for a screensaver daemon to control the low level power
> management of a screen. Logically why should it? I know XScreenSaver had
> this feature, but that's all legacy stuff now.

If you go this way, g-s shouldn't even have a notion of timeouts. All
settings should be in g-p-m (maybe mirrored in g-s) and g-s should just
sit and wait for request to start and stop (and maybe use a low-power
hack).

	Xav