Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:16:59 +0000 From: Olivier Duchateau <olivierd@freebsd.org> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-xfce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] sysutils/xfce4-power-manager 1.4.2 Message-ID: <20150221171659.8d3d3ab86a58106a95279d92@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <54E89568.1090602@netfence.it> References: <20150217231434.36f057bacaeb92eae93df57c@freebsd.org> <54E89568.1090602@netfence.it>
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:25:44 +0100 Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote: > On 02/18/15 00:14, Olivier Duchateau wrote: > > Hi, > > > > An update of sysutils/xfce4-power-manager is available for some time in Xfce devel repo. It's time to test it. > > Settings manager and panel were rewritten, support of FreeBSD (and DragonFly) was enhanced. > > Hello. Hi, > > I tried this new version on my Acer TM B113-E (I was the person who > entered bug #197529). Your bug report is work in progress :) > > > > > On my laptop I can decrease (or increase brightness level with multimedia keys, but not with sysctl). > > Changing brighness through the keys does not work, but it never did. > > > > > When panel plugin is running, we can define new mode calls 'presentation mode'. I have experimental patches [4] which inhibits xscreensaver (apply to sysutils/power-manager-common). To enable, new property must be created: > > > > xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/presentation-mode -n -t bool -s true > > > > To disable: > > xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/presentation-mode -T > > I see this option in the panel; do I still need to run the above commands? No, it's if panel doesn't work. > > > > > The panel icon now shows correctly if I'm running on line power or > battery (as it did before upower 0.99). > An estimate is given about battery life and I also receive > notifications; the two however don't agree at all: e.g. panel gives > 2h1', notification says 2' (60 times less). What says 'upower -d'? > > > > Closing the lid does not lock the screen: this was working before (with > older upower). Perhaps with UPower 0.99.2 [1]? [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196394 > > > > Also, the new panel item is a big waste on a 10" monitor: with the older > version the icon lived in the notification area. Is this behaviour still > possible? Yes, patch is available in Xfce's bugzilla. > > > > > Overall, it looks like the old functionality (the one that upower 0.99 > broke) was in part (but not all) recovered. > > > > bye & Thanks > av. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xfce@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xfce > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xfce-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Olivier Duchateau <olivierd@freebsd.org>
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