[gpm] Suspend/Sleep/Hibernate Problems

[Randy Yates <yates ieee org>]

Distro: Fedora 8

  Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 17:56:40 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Gnome: 2.20.1, build date: 11/13/2007

gnome-power-bugreport.sh:

Distro version:       Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
Kernel version:       2.6.23.8-63.fc8
g-p-m version:        2.20.0
HAL version:          0.5.10
System manufacturer:  System manufacturer
System version:       System Version
System product:       System Product Name
AC adapter present:   no
Battery present:      no
Laptop panel present: no
CPU scaling present:  yes
Battery Information:
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
501       3220  0.0  1.3 305328  6796 ?        Ss   10:53   0:00 gnome-power-manager
yates     5017  0.0  1.5 295824  7680 ?        Ss   11:57   0:00 gnome-power-manager
HAL Process Information:
68        2150  0.0  0.4  28604  2268 ?        Ss   10:45   0:00 hald
root      2151  0.0  0.1  17620   980 ?        S    10:45   0:00  \_ hald-runner
root      2171  0.0  0.1  21812   992 ?        S    10:45   0:00      \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event1
root      2189  0.0  0.2  21820  1036 ?        S    10:45   0:00      \_ /usr/libexec/hald-addon-cpufreq
68        2190  0.0  0.1  14420   748 ?        S    10:45   0:00      \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket

Problem:

I recently installed Fedora 8. For several days I did not change the
default installation configuration (which is, no suspend/sleep/hibernate
modes) and I had no problems with power management.

However two days ago I tried enabling power management via the Power
Management configuration window available under Screensaver
Preferences. It didn't work - the system wasn't able to wake up after
going to sleep.

No problem - I was just playing around, so I figured I'd just disable it
again. So I went back into the Power Management configuration window and
"Actions" and "Display" sliders to "Never" under the "On AC Power" tab.

Here's the problem: this didn't disable suspend/sleep/hibernate
mode. The system STILL goes into sleep mode, and since it cannot be
properly woken up, I must reboot the machine every few hours. 

I know it's gnome-power-manager's fault because I have an entry in
/var/log/messages:

  Dec  8 04:17:20 localhost gnome-power-manager: (freedarandy) Suspending computer because System idle

(freedarandy is my wife's account).

Help! I want to stop rebooting my wife's machine every 2 hours!

Feel free to email me directly at yates ieee org, or give me a call -
919-577-9882, in NC.
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