(SOLVED)problems with powersave on kde 4.6.1

[T6]

the update deleted most configs including the profiles for battery usage on my netbook

while is easy to recreate them i am experiencing one problem

i have set one simple rule, when netbook is not plugged in, i set the screen to turn off after 2 minutes of no activity

right now that option is being ignored most times

the other rules i enabled like when at 7 % f battery turn off are working fine but this one is not working constantly, some days it works but others don't

i left it working this morning and it never turned off screen, after 2 hours the netbook turned itself off as expected but screen never, yesterday worked as expected

this netbook has a intel gma 3150, running well as always, using i915 driver, don't know what to check to see what could be stooping system on following this single rule

[pags]

Have you tried updating the kernel...might have better (more reliable?) ACPI support...

[T6]

i see that there is new kernels on repos, 2.6.33.7-2

i am using 2.6.33.7-1.bfs, will try that

it is weird because it works sometimes, today is not working again

[T6]

before following your suggestion of try a newer kernel i decided to verify the options in there again

don't know what happened but dim screen was active and screen energy saving was not(this one disables screen, what i wanted), when i enabled the required option the value had been reset to 360 minutes 

i verified other option and tested it and worked ok, after installing two other kernels i reinstalled and used the .a64 kernel and the option is still active, properly set and working

don't know what happened to change the option that way but it is working well again, possibly it was a user error(my fault)

i had a nice surprise by using the new kernel, i can change screen brightness now 

thank you for your help 

[T6]

i talked too soon, the option remains but it won't work unless i verify or check/uncheck a option in the configure power management menu

the other options work properly

will test deleting and recreating profiles again

[uncleV]

but it won't work unless i verify or check/uncheck a option in the configure power management menu

I have had this "feature" with the screensaver for a long time now.
IIRC there was a thread about screensaver not activating and a thread about not deactivating.

[T6]

i don't use screensaver, never set or installed one

could this be the cause?

[uncleV]

i don't use screensaver, never set or installed one

could this be the cause?

I think - no.
But the problems are similar, I think.

[brianp124]

i have set one simple rule, when netbook is not plugged in, i set the screen to turn off after 2 minutes of no activity

right now that option is being ignored most times

the other rules i enabled like when at 7 % f battery turn off are working fine but this one is not working constantly, some days it works but others don't

I had a similar problem on my KDE 2010 desktop fully updated

The problem was found in the noblank.sh script located in the ~/.kde4/Autostart directory

noblank.sh

#!/bin/sh
xset s off   <------   disables the X screen saver - otherwise starts after 10 minutes
xset -dpms   <------   disables dpms during reboot or session login

Commenting out xset -dpms fixed the problem for me

[T6]

commenting out, how do i do that?  adding a # on the beginning of the line?

[uncleV]

commenting out, how do i do that?  adding a # on the beginning of the line?

Yep


And saving the file after that.
 

[T6]

 

and restarting or at least log out first isn't?   

[pags]

and restarting or at least log out first isn't?   

Yes.
 

[T6]

testing, it seems that the solution provided by brianp124 is working at the moment, will test more time

[T6]

all working atm, thanks to everyone who replied, especially to brianp124