RE: [SLE] powersave problem
On Wednesday, September 07, 2005 @ 6:22 PM, I wrote:
On Wednesday, September 07, 2005 @ 4:54 Sid Boyce 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 I wrong?). 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 save still doesn't start the desktop image just freezes after the time limit for starting
screen saver is reached. I have no idea why this is happening. All of
Greg Wallace wrote: the the
desktop settings look fine to me. Any help greatly appreciated.
Greg Wallace
You could just have done "chkconfig acpid off" and done "rcpowersaved start" without having to deinstall anything. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks <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. 2) Powersave shuts down my monitor after 5 or 10 minutes. 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's possible?). Greg Wallace
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
I
wrong?). 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 save 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
You could just have done "chkconfig acpid off" and done "rcpowersaved start" without having to deinstall anything. Regards Sid. --
<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 latest KDE.
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.
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's 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. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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
I
wrong?). 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 save 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 o f the desktop settings look fine to me. Any help greatly appreciated.
Greg Wallace
You could just have done "chkconfig acpid off" and done "rcpowersaved start" without having to deinstall anything. Regards Sid. --
<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 latest KDE.
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's 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.
Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
Greg Wallace
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
I
>wrong?). 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 save 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 o
f the
desktop settings look fine to me. Any help greatly appreciated.
Greg Wallace
You could just have done "chkconfig acpid off" and done "rcpowersaved start" without having to deinstall anything. Regards Sid. --
<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 latest KDE.
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's
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. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2005-09-12 at 15:04 -0800, Greg Wallace wrote:
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. 2) Powersave shuts down my monitor after 5 or 10 minutes.
That's probably not powersave, but X, kde, or gnome. I don't see it has a timeout option.
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.
Then run it.
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's possible?).
It is not powersave doing it. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDJh3ctTMYHG2NR9URAn7aAJ9boeWBwMDaMq9GRlr89w+sLEPDQACfcCmU dtNMoJGdP3wjsq2NhYkTWvI= =NPHb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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