cc gnome-power-manager-list@xxxxxxxxx cc intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hmm, I think someone from these two mail lists may be interested in this. thanks, rui On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 10:34 +0800, Michael Brooks wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This is my first post and I really love Linux and the environment. I > am glad there are people that are working on both! > > I know of a way to reduce power consumption on my Ubuntu laptop > running Gnome. The default screen saver is a "blank screen", > however when the blank screen is displayed the back light is still on. > The way to test for this is by putting the machine in a very dark > room and you will be able to see the "Blank Screen" glowing from the > back light. > > The easy fix would be to turn off the back light when the "Blank > Screen" screen saver is activated by gnome. A more difficult fix > would be to detect if the screen is displaying only black and then to > turn off the back light. The 2nd is a more general purpose fix that > could be handled by X and affect many different situations and all > window manger's "Blank Screen" screen savers. Every calorie of > energy counts, and every pound of CO2 that can be saved should be > considered. > > Thanks for the Green Linux effort! > --Michael Brooks > _______________________________________________ > linux-pm mailing list > linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
