Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4398 mails)

["Greg Wallace" <jgregw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, September 13, 2005 @ 2:44 AM, Sid Boyce wrote:

>Greg Wallace wrote:
>> On Monday, September 12, 2005 @ 4:15 PM, Sid Boyce wrote:
>> 
>>>Greg Wallace wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wednesday, September 07, 2005 @ 6:22 PM, I wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wednesday, September 07, 2005 @ 4:54 Sid Boyce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>Greg Wallace wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wednesday, September 07, 2005 @ 3:48 PM, I wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I just upgraded from 8.1 to 9.3 and am every time I start a session,
I
>>>>
>>>>get
>>>>
>>>>>>>>this message --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"The powersave daemon is not running
>>>>>>>>Starting it will improve performance
>>>>>>>>/usr/sbin/rcpowersaved start"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If I run /usr/sbin/rcpowersaved start, it says --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"acpid already running, but should be started by powersaved.  Please
set
>>>>>>>>acpid service to off or stop it manually ... skipped"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I disabled the powersaved daemon because I am running a desktop
>>>>>>>>computer and don't see any need for it, based on my reading.  Based
>>>>>>>>on the description for acpid, it doesn't sound like this is
>>>>>>>>something I want to disable(am Iwrong?).  How can I get powersave
>>>>>>>>out of my hair?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>>Greg Wallace
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, I got rid of that pop up message I got every time I logged on
>>>>>>>by uninstalling the kpowersave package.  However, my screen saver
>>>>>>>still doesn't start the desktop image just freezes after the time
>>>>>>>limit for starting the screen saver is reached.  I have no idea why
>>>>>>>this is happening.  All of the desktop settings look fine to me.  Any
>>>>>>>help greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Greg Wallace
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, I've finally gotten to the bottom of this but still have no
>>>>>>solution.  To begin with, I had 2 independent problems.
>>>>>>1)  The screensaver I had been using in prior versions won't work in
>>>>>>    9.3.  I had to set up screensaver again after installing the
>>>>>>    latestKDE.
>>>>>>2)  Powersave shuts down my monitor after 5 or 10 minutes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>One I had set up the screensaver again, the screensaver kicks in after 
>>>>>something like 4 minutes and later the screen gets blanked, hitting a 
>>>>>key or moving the mouse wakes it up again, that's OK for me.
>>>>>
>>>>My problem is my monitor powers down and it takes 20 or 30 seconds to
>>>>warm back up.  That's why I need a screen saver -- to keep my monitor
>>>>from going to sleep.  I fixed 1) by simply switching to another screen
>>>>saver, but am still struggling with 2).  I can go into Runlevel Editor
>>>>and disable powersaver and my screen saver works perfectly (runs
>>>>indefinitely without the monitor shutting down).  However, I'm back to
>>>>getting the message "The powersave daemon is not running..." every time
>>>>I start a session.  I guess I'll just have to put up with that stupid
>>>>message until I can figure out how to get powersave configured so it
>>>>won't shut down my monitor (if that' possible?).
>>>> 
>>>>Greg Wallace
>>>>
>>>I couldn't see anything specific to the monitor in YaST --> System --> 
>>>Power Management. Once powersaved is off you don't get powersaving, so 
>>>the screensaver will run forever. If the message is causing  a worry - 
>>>what you don't see doesn't exist, there should be somewhere in the 
>>>scripts where it could be commented out.
> 
>> That would be good.  I took a look at the powersaved startup script in
>> /etc/init.d but that message isn't coming out of there.  Not sure where
>> to start looking for it.  Seems like there should be a setting somewhere
>>to tell powersave not to shut down the monitor, but maybe not.
> 
>I've had a look around /etc/init.d and the scripts in 
>/etc/sysconfig/powersave/, but couldn't fine it either.
>Regards
>Sid.

I finally solved this by just going into YaST/System/Power Management and
setting up a brand new scheme.  It walks you through steps with decent
documentation in the sidebar about what each option in each step is about.
I had thought about doing this before and then forgot about it because I got
into too low a level (you know how that is, I'm sure).

Thanks,
Greg W

P. S.:  That's the last item on my list of fix-ups after my upgrade from
9.2>9.3!  Now I can start preparing for 10.0!