openSUSE Leap 42.1 on a Sony SVE1711X1EB laptop. The laptop is on AC power, and the battery is 100% charged, I've changed the defaults under Energy Saving/On AC Power in the Power Management module in System Settings to dim laptop screen after 10 min (from the default 5 min) and to switch off the screen after 20 min (from the default of 10 min). However, these new settings are ignored, and the screen is always dimmed after 5 min, and switched off after 10. I've tried rebooting, powering off the laptop, etc - my customized settings are preserved and totally ignored. rpm -qa | egrep "plasma|powerdevil" | sort patterns-openSUSE-kde_plasma-20150918-12.1.x86_64 plasma-framework-5.17.0-92.2.x86_64 plasma-framework-components-5.17.0-92.2.x86_64 plasma-framework-lang-5.17.0-92.2.noarch plasma-framework-private-5.17.0-92.2.x86_64 plasma-nm5-5.5.2-89.1.x86_64 plasma-nm5-lang-5.5.2-89.1.noarch plasma-nm5-openconnect-5.5.2-89.1.x86_64 plasma-nm5-openvpn-5.5.2-89.1.x86_64 plasma-nm5-pptp-5.5.2-89.1.x86_64 plasma-nm5-vpnc-5.5.2-89.1.x86_64 plasma-theme-aya-15.08.3-1.6.noarch plasma-theme-oxygen-15.12.0-6.6.x86_64 plasma5-addons-5.5.2-74.2.x86_64 plasma5-addons-kimpanel-5.5.2-74.2.x86_64 plasma5-addons-lang-5.5.2-74.2.noarch plasma5-desktop-5.5.2-128.1.x86_64 plasma5-desktop-branding-openSUSE-13.3-105.2.x86_64 plasma5-desktop-lang-5.5.2-128.1.noarch plasma5-pa-5.5.2-23.2.x86_64 plasma5-pa-lang-5.5.2-23.2.noarch plasma5-pk-updates-0.2-6.2.x86_64 plasma5-session-5.5.2-54.1.noarch plasma5-workspace-5.5.2-158.1.x86_64 plasma5-workspace-branding-openSUSE-13.3-105.2.x86_64 plasma5-workspace-lang-5.5.2-158.1.noarch plasma5-workspace-libs-5.5.2-158.1.x86_64 powerdevil5-5.5.2-65.2.x86_64 powerdevil5-lang-5.5.2-65.2.noarch python-kde4-plasma-4.14.3-2.11.x86_64 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Energy Saving/On AC Power in the Power Management module in System Settings 2. Click on Defaults, Continue, Apply. 3. Change the On AC Power settings to dim laptop screen after 10 min and to switch off the screen after 20 min. Do nothing and wait. Actual Results: Laptop screen is dimmed after 5 min, and switched off after 10. Expected Results: Laptop screen is dimmed after 10 min, and switched off after 20.
Can you provide the output of upower -d?
$ upower -d Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_ADP1 native-path: ADP1 power supply: yes updated: Fri 01 Jan 2016 20:12:17 GMT (97022 seconds ago) has history: no has statistics: no line-power warning-level: none online: yes icon-name: 'ac-adapter-symbolic' Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 native-path: BAT0 vendor: Sony Corp. model: VGP-BPS26A serial: 622 power supply: yes updated: Sat 02 Jan 2016 23:09:02 GMT (17 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: fully-charged warning-level: none energy: 57.65 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 57.65 Wh energy-full-design: 58.83 Wh energy-rate: 0 W voltage: 12.815 V percentage: 100% capacity: 97.9942% technology: lithium-ion icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic' Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice power supply: yes updated: Fri 01 Jan 2016 20:12:17 GMT (97022 seconds ago) has history: no has statistics: no battery present: yes state: fully-charged warning-level: none energy: 57.65 Wh energy-full: 57.65 Wh energy-rate: 0 W percentage: 100% icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic' Daemon: daemon-version: 0.99.3 on-battery: no lid-is-closed: no lid-is-present: yes critical-action: HybridSleep
Thanks. Did restarting help? When you open the PowerDevil settings, does it open up on the AC settings tab or Battery? This way we know whether PowerDevil is actually running in the AC profile.
Restarting does not help. When I open Powerdevil settings, they always open on the AC Settings tab.
I'm experiencing a very similar problem. Changing energy saving values or unchecking them are being correctly committed ("xset q" shows the changed values), although if I exit and enter again the Power Management settings, the unchecked checkmarks are gone. Logging in again does load the previous settings.
Thank you for the bug report. As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists. If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.
No longer have that laptop, so feel free to close.
OK, thanks.