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On 22/07/16 14:08, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> Just what did you reasonably expect to do differently on battery vs. on
> mains?
Screen brightness is something that could be setup differently.
I have not read through the whole thread, but my understanding is that
tuned could be used to "dynamically" configure
the system when there is no power and it runs on battery, using maybe
the "powersave" profile.
This change could be done behind the scenes by Gnome Power and it could
switch from "Desktop"/"Plugged In" to "Powersave"
automatically, thus
making it "dynamic".
That's what we used to have, in the GNOME 2 and early GNOME 3 days, and users
absolutely hated it. Instead, we have automatic brightness based on the current
light in the room on hardware that supports it, which also takes the user's
wishes into accounts to avoid fluctuating too much.
I fully understand that this is not possible right now, but it could
be
a very sensible addition.
> It was a work-around. I think you've been misled thinking that this was
> only
> a GNOME thing. GNOME, systemd, and kernel developers all agreed on making
> closing the lid suspend the laptop.
Every other DE did not have this (non)-issue, only Gnome 3.
That's nice they make cooking laptops in backpacks a low priority. At least
it's still on IRC!
(the right way to fix this would be to get information on how connected standby
works on Intel machines, and implement that, not holding my breath though)