Recommended update for GNOME Power Manager

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for GNOME Power Manager
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1313-1
Rating: low
References: #752245 #759846 #766725 #796435 #807057
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for GNOME Power Manager provides the following
    fixes:

    * Implements synchronization with GNOME Screen Saver's
    unlock dialog so that it can be serialized to pm-utils
    hooks.
    * The battery charge percentage printed in the "Device
    Information" dialog and in the panel icon's tool tip is not
    up to date.
    * Turn off the monitor backlight on the lid-close event
    to avoid a screen flicker in some machines.
    * Fix the idle status in after waking up from S3/S4
    when the screen lock is disabled explicitly.
    * Fix the missing back light control for NVidia
    graphics drivers.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gnome-applets-brightness-7898
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gnome-applets-brightness-7898
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-gnome-applets-brightness-7898

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • gnome-power-manager-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • gnome-power-manager-lang-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • gnome-power-manager-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • gnome-power-manager-lang-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • gnome-applets-brightness-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • gnome-applets-inhibit-powersave-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • gnome-power-manager-2.24.1-17.67.1
    • gnome-power-manager-lang-2.24.1-17.67.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/752245
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/759846
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/766725
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/796435
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/807057
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a7884bcf730c3c59cf20d076120c2d54