[gpm] gpm and gs dependence [Was] GPM-2.14 - Whereis the HardWare Info Tab?

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow Mun Heng wdc com>]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 15:30 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 21:40 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:13 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:35 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > > I have xscreensaver. Why does it call gnome-screensaver? or rather, why
> > > > does it call the screensaver? Shouldn't it just be "blank screen"?
> > > 
> > > Yes, gnome-screensaver is required for this to work. Lots of information
> > > in the FAQ.
> > 
> > I've got to ask, why can't it use the Xorg's Xset program w/ DPMS to
> > blank the screen?
> > gg: '/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -display :0 dpms force off'
> > 
> > Would a patch be welcomed? (just asking, before I go ahead and look at
> > the code) 
> 
> No, g-p-m should be using the new dbus interface provided by
> gnome-screensaver only. You open up a whole hornets nest of problems if


Understand. Will not poke. Though will still need to figure out why it
doesn't hibernate on it's own. (is this again a g-s not available issue?
Is g-s needed to detect how long the system is idle? The FAQ Entry:

[FAQ]
Are gnome-power-manager and gnome-screensaver inhibit methods the same?
If you call the inhibit methods on gnome-screensaver, then
gnome-screensaver will not mark your session as idle. This means that
the screen will not dim, the screensaver will not start and the computer
will not suspend automatically. 
[/FAQ]

doesn't do justice to say that g-s is needed for anything to work! :-)


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