Screen keeps going blank but should NOT ! :-/

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:20:07 -0700
NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Check in the configuration editor: gconf-editor
> /apps/gnome-power-manager/timout/sleep_display_ac
> Mine is set at 1800 (seconds) or 30 minutes.

Strange. When I set it to 30 minutes, it shows "-3600" (yes, MINUS
3600). If I set to one hour, it shows "-1800".

Maybe this weird "minus" sign is a clue that the configuration system
lost its mind...

>  Never should be '0'.

Phew, at least my system got that right... it indeed shows 0 when set
to Never.

> Also check the 'sleep_display_battery' - could be it thinks it's on
> battery... stranger things have happened.

Hmmm, you might have found something here. It reads "300".
My machine is a desktop not laptop, so I guess this setting is
irrelevant... unless as you say, the system is somehow sometimes
thinking it morphed into a laptop ! It would take huge hammering to
flatten my big 21" CRT enough to make it look like a laptop/flat
screen ! ;-)

I will set this key to "1" to see if this really playing a role in
the bug.

--
Vince