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Hello,

on a fresh default x86_64 installation of Mageia 1,
there only seems to be the "performance" profile in powerdevil.
Can anyone confim this?
Or is this just because i'm running with no battery?

The other question would be: Why does VLC player
turn off screen after 10 minutes? I disabled energy control for the
monitor in powerdevil and also dimming. Even disabled DPMS
with xset -dpms, but no success either.

doktor5000 wrote:Hello,

on a fresh default x86_64 installation of Mageia 1,
there only seems to be the "performance" profile in powerdevil.
Can anyone confim this?
Or is this just because i'm running with no battery?

It's probably because you're running without battery:
on my netbook i've got several profile while there's only on on my workstation.

doktor5000 wrote:The other question would be: Why does VLC player
turn off screen after 10 minutes? I disabled energy control for the
monitor in powerdevil and also dimming. Even disabled DPMS
with xset -dpms, but no success either.

I can't reproduce here.

Hi,
1. Install cpufreq cpufrequtils:

Code: Select all: urpmi cpufreq cpufrequtils

2. Check:

Code: Select all: cpufreq-info

or

Code: Select all: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance

Available governors:
cpufreq_performance (default)
The performance governor is built into the kernel and runs the CPU(s) at maximum clock speed
cpufreq_ondemand (recommended)
Dynamically increases/decreases the CPU(s) clock speed based on system load
cpufreq_conservative
Similar to ondemand, but more conservative (clock speed changes are more graceful)
cpufreq_powersave
Runs the CPU at minimum speed
cpufreq_userspace
Manually configured clock speeds by user

3. You can set the sticky bit on /usr/bin/cpufreq-set, from a root console:

Code: Select all: chmod 4755 /usr/bin/cpufreq-set

4. From a root console:

Code: Select all: service cpufreq start

5. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNec8jMWQxE

Code: Select all: cpufreq-set -g ondemand cpufreq-set -g powersave ...

Regards.

Something else that bugs me ist that powerdevil earlier version (like KDE 4.4x and 4.5x)
had two other "tabs" for every profile, one for the monitor and one for the processor.
What happended to these?

Will check about the cpufreq stuff, maybe then really at least Suggests on cpufreq & cpufrequtils
are missing from powerdevil / task-kde4.

About the VLC player issue: Deleted VLC and powerdevil configs, started fresh, and still the
same problem. Seem powerdevil isn't saving the disabling of monitor-energy-management.

Another question about powerdevil: Where should it store the settings for every profile
or the general settings? Only things i've found so far:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ cat .kde4/share/config/powerdevilrc [Profiles] ACProfile=Performance

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ cat .kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc [Performance] icon=preferences-system-performance [Performance][HandleButtonEvents] lidAction=1 powerButtonAction=16

Code: Select all: $ cat ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc [ONDEMAND] icon=favorites name=ONDEMAND [ONDEMAND][BrightnessControl] value=50 [ONDEMAND][DPMSControl] idleTime=7200 [ONDEMAND][DimDisplay] idleTime=3600000 [ONDEMAND][HandleButtonEvents] lidAction=8 powerButtonAction=16 [ONDEMAND][RunScript] idleTime=600000 scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g ondemand scriptPhase=0 [POWERSAVE] icon=process-idle name=POWERSAVE [POWERSAVE][BrightnessControl] value=50 [POWERSAVE][DPMSControl] idleTime=900 [POWERSAVE][DimDisplay] idleTime=300000 [POWERSAVE][HandleButtonEvents] lidAction=1 powerButtonAction=16 [POWERSAVE][RunScript] idleTime=600000 scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g powersave scriptPhase=0 [Performance] icon=preferences-system-performance [Performance][DPMSControl] idleTime=600 [Performance][DimDisplay] idleTime=600000 [Performance][HandleButtonEvents] lidAction=1 powerButtonAction=16 [Performance][RunScript] idleTime=600000 scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g performance scriptPhase=0 $ cat ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevilrc [Profiles] ACProfile=ONDEMAND $

WEll, how much of these settings have you entered/changed manually?
Or are these the defaults on your box?

Maybe we should compare relevant packages:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ rg power | sort lib64powerdevilcore0-4.6.3-7.mga1 lib64upower-glib1-0.9.9-1.mga1 plasma-krunner-powerdevil-4.6.3-7.mga1 upower-0.9.9-1.mga1

Code: Select all: $ rg vlc | sort lib64vlc5-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted lib64vlccore4-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted vlc-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted vlc-plugin-common-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted vlc-plugin-pulse-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted vlc-plugin-theora-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ rg cpu | sort cpufreq-1.0-35.mga1 plasma-applet-system-monitor-cpu-4.6.3-7.mga1

Also tried yesterday to remove all relevant powerdevil actions from /usr/lib64/kde4,
but vlc still switches screen to black screen after 10 minutes with a fresh config.

In the beginning (ISO Mageia 1 beta2 or RC dual-arch or GNOME) there was only one. I have created others.

Code: Select all: $ rpm -qa |grep power | sort gnome-power-manager-2.32.0-1.mga1 lib64powerdevilcore0-4.6.3-7.mga1 lib64upower-glib1-0.9.9-1.mga1 plasma-krunner-powerdevil-4.6.3-7.mga1 upower-0.9.9-1.mga1 $ rpm -qa |grep cpu | sort cpufreq-1.0-35.mga1 cpufrequtils-008-2.mga1 lib64cpufreq0-008-2.mga1 plasma-applet-system-monitor-cpu-4.6.3-7.mga1 $

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