[CFT] sysutils/xfce4-power-manager 1.4.2

[Olivier Duchateau]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:25:44 +0100
Andrea Venturoli <ml at 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.
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Olivier Duchateau <olivierd at freebsd.org>