[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-10-12 Thread Sebastien Bacher
is that still an issue with the current Oneiric updates? some fixes for similar issues landed recently ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-10-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Yes AND No. With latest Oneiric updates as of right now (2011/10/12 16:07 UTC) : - xset q shows DPMS active with all timeouts set to zero (where they previously were set to 600 before updates). - Watching a movie (with the screen fade to black set to 30 minutes in control panel) : 1/

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-10-07 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Sebastien : Tested, xset -dpms gives a correct workaround to the situation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857168 Title: Screen goes black while watching video To manage

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-09-30 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Does it do it every time? Could be similar to bug #862139. Does running xset -dpms workaround the issue? ** Summary changed: - [Oneiric] Screen goes black while watching video + Screen goes black while watching video ** Also affects: gnome-control-center Importance: Undecided Status:

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-09-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
There are good chances, and that would make bug #862139 a duplicate of the present bug. xset q shows DPMS is active with all of its timeouts set to 600, although no such thing should be set according to my control panel settings. xset -dpms turns it off, but I'll have to wait until I watch a

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-09-30 Thread Sebastien Bacher
no such thing should be set according to my control panel settings. that's not how the GNOME components work, they don't use dpms but have their our time counter to do their actions, so technically gnome- control-center is not buggy and will stop the screen after the time you selected, it just

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-09-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
The matter is that an external monitor is turned into standby/suspend by using DPMS , not barely displaying a black image... Furthermore, all this had been perfect for years (on same system) and has been broken by upgrading Natty = Oneiric Beta. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 857168] Re: Screen goes black while watching video

2011-09-30 Thread Sebastien Bacher
The matter is that an external monitor is turned into standby/suspend by using DPMS , not barely displaying a black image.. Furthermore, all this had been perfect for years (on same system) and has been broken by upgrading Natty = Oneiric Beta. What is your point? Nobody deny it's a bug and