Re: [gpm] If you want bleeding edge...

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Hi Richard,

--- Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com> wrote:
> > Here are some other thoughts:
> > - In the event log, near the seconds, a human readable date/time (like "Sat Apr 15, 15:35:40")
> > would be nice to have.
> 
> That's that plan. Any idea how to convert from the output of time() --
> which is seconds since 1970 I think -- to this format? Or I might just
> switch to using a GTimer -- again any idea how to take a GTimer and
> convert to "Sat Apr 15, 15:35:40"?

maybe strftime() ?

> 
> > - I cannot change the idle brightness of the screen and is always 30%. I tried with
> gconf-editor,
> > but it seems that the laptop_panel_dim_brightness key is ignored.
> 
> It's because the value is only read at g-p-m startup. Can you file a bug
> please and I'll fix it so that it's monitored like the others.

done:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338628

> 
> > - On battery, I have set the brightness to 0%, which works well, but then, after the idle
> timeout,
> > the lcd is bumped to 30%. So I think that maybe we need to check if the idle brightness is
> higher
> > than the current LCD brightness, and if it is, ignore the change. Otherwise we end up wasting
> more
> > power.
> 
> Yes, agreed. Bugzilla please, then I can reference it in the source.

done in:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338630

> > - I cannot find a way to launch the "Power information" window without left click on the gpm
> icon
> > and select it from there. Is there such a way ? If not, how do we launch it if the icon is
> hiding.
> 
> That's a good question, and one that I've got no easy answer to.
> 
> Maybe an icon in Applications, System Tools, Power Information that just
> fires off dbus-send with a ShowInfoWindow() type request to g-p-m?

Yeah, why not. Should I file a bug req for this too ?
Or maybe a short C program that can be used as an example of how to interact with gpm ? 

I also filed a bug report about the order of batteries shown in the power-info window:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338634

Thx,
Paul

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