#10343 NORM Future : Dim and Blank timeouts ignore CPU activity

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#10343: Dim and Blank timeouts ignore CPU activity
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           Reporter:  pgf                     |       Owner:  pgf           
               Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new           
           Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Future Release
          Component:  power manager (powerd)  |     Version:  not specified 
         Resolution:                          |    Keywords:                
        Next_action:  design                  |    Verified:  1             
Deployment_affected:                          |   Blockedby:                
           Blocking:                          |  
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Comment(by pgf):

 from IRC:
 {{{
 <jnettlet> I think the best solution is an Xorg extension, or a patch to
 the XResources extension that keeps track of damage would be easiest.
 <jnettlet> easiest and most reliable
 ...
 <pgf> how would it look externally?   bits damaged per second?
 <jnettlet> the damage is in screen rectangles, so we could do damage area
 per second
 <jnettlet> that should help us catch poorly written notification applets
 that are constantly polling
 <jnettlet> theoretically if we patch XResources we can also patch xrestop
 and use that as the cli interface for us to use in power manager
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10343#comment:8>
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