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loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

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gnome power manager upgrade - nvidia sedmentation error

I am trying to use the rolling update model properly and check the web page for issues before doing my pacman Syu.

I updated gnome-power-manager (along with the other available updates) today amd immediately noticed different behaviour. 

The laptop (Dell Inspiron 1720) no longer suspended when I shut the lid.  I still had the shutdown menu option but... when I used it it intermittently caused segmentation fault errors in nvidia settings and stuff like Google Earth no longer worked.  My graphics card is geForce 8600M GT. 

Downgrading the gnome-power-manager package restored everything to working order.

Maybe I did something daft, but I'd like to know if there is something else I should have checked or if there is a problem with this package.  In the meantime I've added it to IgnorePkg

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: gnome power manager upgrade - nvidia sedmentation error

take a look here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 63#p535163

if you don't understand what you have to do just ask.

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loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: gnome power manager upgrade - nvidia sedmentation error

Hi,

Thanks for the response.  I'm probably being thick as I thought I did ask.  I'll be more careful with my wording next time.

Anyway, this seems to be a reported bug (according to the Gnome web site) regarding timing issues.

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: gnome power manager upgrade - nvidia sedmentation error

i just pointing out that you can try to fix it yourself(until is fixed in our repo) by compiling gnome-power-manager using abs and add that option to the ./configure within PKGBUILD.

Last edited by wonder (2009-04-14 20:26:39)

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loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: gnome power manager upgrade - nvidia sedmentation error

got you... thank you!

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All men have stood for freedom...
For freedom is the man that will turn the world upside down.
Gerrard Winstanley.