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

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:57 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> 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:

Yes, gnome-screensaver sends out signals when the session goes idle.
Stuff like totem tell g-s not to go idle, so we don't start hibernating
all over the place.

> [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! :-)

I'll make that clearer in the FAQ, thanks.

Richard.