This testcase requires suspending and shutting down
These tests are intended to be run on a laptop and the laptop should be plugged in to start the test
If you do choose to run them on a desktop, you will only see a subset of the options mentioned below
This test will check that Xfce4 Power Manager opens and closes correctly
- Open Power Manager from Settings
- The Xfce Power Manager dialog opens at the General tab
- Click the "Close" button
- Power Manager closes
- Click the power indicator (battery icon) on the panel
- Power menu appears
- Click "Power Manager Settings..."
- The Xfce Power Manager dialog opens at the General tab
These tests will check the Xfce4 Power Manager settings under the General tab
- Untick the "Handle display brightness keys" box
- Press the laptop function keys that control screen brightness
- A brightness notification bar may appear but the screen brightness does not change
- Tick "Handle display brightness keys"
- Press the laptop function keys that control screen brightness
- Screen brightness changes
- Verify that the "When power button is pressed:" option is set to "Ask"
- Press the laptop's power button
- The "Log out username" window appears
- Click Cancel
- The log out dialog closes
- Change the "When power button is pressed:" option to "Shutdown"
- Press the power button
- The laptop does a normal shutdown
- After restarting, open Power Manager
- The Xfce Power Manager dialog opens at the General tab
- Perform steps 12 through 18 twice; once while plugged in, changing the settings under "Plugged in" and once unplugged, changing the "On Battery" settings
- Verify "When laptop lid is closed" is set to "Lock screen"
- Close the laptop lid, wait several seconds, open the lid and move the mouse
- Unlock dialog appears (assuming "Lock screen when system is going for sleep" is enabled under the Security tab)
- Enter password and press Unlock
- Desktop appears with Xfce Power Manager dialog still open
- Change the "When laptop lid is closed" setting to "Suspend"
- Close the laptop lid, wait several seconds, reopen and move the mouse
- Laptop is in suspend mode
- Press the appropriate key/button to resume from suspend
- Laptop resumes from suspend mode and the Unlock dialog appears
- Enter password and press Unlock
- Desktop appears with Xfce Power Manager dialog still open
- Plug the laptop back in
These tests will check the Xfce4 Power Manager settings under the System tab
Note: the suspend tests require a minimum of 15 minutes of inactivity, so only perform them if time allows
- Click the System tab
- The settings page for "System power saving", Critical power" and "Security" is displayed
- Verify that "System sleep mode:" is set to "Suspend" for both "On battery" and "Plugged in"
- Move both "Put system to sleep when inactive for" sliders to the right to set them for 15 Minutes
- Note: 15 minutes is the shortest duration you can set with the sliders
- Wait 15 minutes
- The laptop suspends at the end of 15 minutes of inactivity
- Press the appropriate key/button to resume from suspend
- Laptop resumes from suspend mode and the Unlock dialog appears
- Enter password and press Unlock
- Desktop appears with Xfce Power Manager and Settings Editor dialogs still open
- Unplug the laptop and repeat steps 4 through 6
- Results are the same as they were when plugged in
- Plug the laptop in
- Move both of the "Put system to sleep when inactive for" sliders to the left until they say "Never"
- Change the values in the "Critical battery power level:" spin box
- Range can be set from 1% to 20%
- Verify that you can change the "On critical battery power:" options in the picklist
- Newly selected options are set
These tests will check the Xfce4 Power Manager settings under the Display tab
- Click the Display tab
- The settings page for "Display power management settings" and "Brightness reduction" is displayed
- Tick the "Handle display power management" box if it is not already ticked
- Move the "Blank after" slider under "On battery" to approximately 5 minutes
- Move the "Put to sleep after" and "Switch off after" sliders under "On battery" to approximately 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively
- Move the "Blank after" slider from 5 minutes to 20 minutes
- The "Put to sleep after" and "Switch off after" sliders also move to +1 minute and +2 minutes respectively compared to the "Blank after" slider
- Move the "Switch off after" slider to 10 minutes
- The "Put to sleep after" and Blank after" sliders move to -1 minute and -2 minutes respectively compared to the "Switch off after" slider
- Time permitting, experiment with as many of the settings on this page as you can. They are pretty much self-explanatory
- The display power and brightness respond as expected according to the settings
This testcase requires suspending/resuming
This test will check that sessions are locked when appropriate.
- On Display tab, set Switch off to 3 minutes, Put to sleep to 2 minutes and Blank Screen to 1 minute
- Click the Security tab
- The settings page opens with current settings displayed
- Change "Automatically lock the session" to "When the screensaver is activated"
- Change the "Delay locking after screensaver" slider to 10 seconds
- After 1 minute of no activity, your screen will go blank
- Move your mouse as soon as the screen blanks
- Your screen is restored
- Wait another minute
- Your screen will go blank
- Wait 10 more seconds and then move your mouse
- The Unlock dialag appears
- Enter your password to unlock the session
- Session unlocked
- Verify that the "Lock screen when system is going for sleep" switch is disabled
- Suspend your session from the menu
- Resume from suspend
- The screen is restored immediately
- Set the "Lock on suspend" switch to ON
- Suspend your session from the menu
- Resume from suspend
- The Unlock dialog appears
These tests will check the Xfce4 Power Manager settings under the Devices tab
- Click the Devices tab
- The page for line power and battery status is displayed
- Plug the laptop in
- The "Line power" icon reads "Plugged in"
- The battery vendor icon displays the status of the battery charge
- Unplug the laptop
- The "Line power" icon reads "Not plugged in"
- The battery vendor icon reads "Discharging" and displays the charge percentage and time until discharge
- If "Show notifications" is ticked on the General tab page, a popup notification appears
If all actions produce the expected results listed, please submit a 'passed' result.
If an action fails, or produces an unexpected result, please submit 'failed' and file a bug. Please be sure to include the bug number when you submit your result
