Re: [gpm] GPM Broken on FC5

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 09:10 -0400, Andrew Duggan wrote:
> The "System" menu should have a "Sleep" option, and that should execute 
> whatever the user has set for the "Sleep type when inactive", instead of 
> just the "suspend" method...  IF that is set as do nothing (which should be 
> the default considering the state of suspend and hibernate in the Linux 
> kernel) they that "Sleep" item on the "System" menu should present a dialog 
>   that allows the user to set the power preferences or "cancel".

I think Ray has improved this for FC6, making things a bit more sane.

> > 
> > Also, is there any kind of "suspend" or "hibernate" command we can use 
> > from the shell, in case the GPM gui isn't working?
> 
> See here:
> 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-power-manager-list/2006-June/msg00020.html
> 
> But to hibernate I think you want:
> 
> dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal \
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Hibernate

Agreed, thanks for replying Andrew. I'll fix the link on the website
now.

Richard.