Re: [gpm] Problems Under FC5 (gmane: message 5 of 20)

[Chris Spencer <gmane 20 evilspam spamgourmet com>]

Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 12/05/06, Chris Spencer <gmane 20 evilspam spamgourmet com> wrote:
> > I've been using GPM under FC5 for several days now, and I've been having
> > several problems.
>
> It should work well with FC5, so apologies.
>
> > First, there doesn't appear to be anyway to manually initiate
> > hibernation, even though it's listed as an option under preferences.
> > Neither suspend or hibernate appear in the popup menu as shown in some
> > of your screen shots. Interestingly, the preferences don't list suspend,
> > even though Gnome's System->Shutdown offers this option (although it
> > doesn't seem to do anything).
>
> Can you try some of the stuff (and post as a reply pls) in
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomePowerManager/Faq#head-cef6f771faa9dffbba8dee0ebbc1ff8609cade11 
>
> please.
[~]$ lshal | grep can_suspend
 power_management.can_suspend_to_disk = true  (bool)
 power_management.can_suspend_to_ram = false  (bool)
[~]$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-power-manager | grep can
can_hibernate = true
can_suspend = true

> > Second, regardless of the timeout specified, the display and computer
> > are never seem to go to sleep. I may leave my machine idling for hours
> > and it won't hibernate. A few times, I have noticed the screensaver will
> > stop, the cpu fan ramp up to full blast, and the machine becomes
> > completely unresponsive, but I'm not sure if that's suspend/hibernation
> > in action or my kernel crashing. Pressing the power button causes a
> > reboot, but nothing else will "wake" it up.
>
> I'm thinking that g-p-m is either not started, or maybe the gconf
> stuff wasn't installed correctly. When you've logged in, is the
> gnome-power-manager process running?
Yes, gnome-power-manager is running and the gpm icon is in my panel.
> > This brings me to the third question, should I figure out how to
> > suspend, how would I resume? Should the computer resume if I press a
> > key, or do I have to press the power button?
>
> Depends on your laptop IIRC, but my laptop can resume from pressing
> the keyboard for a few seconds, or pressing the power button, or evem
> just opening the lid. What make/model?
I have a P4 desktop with a standard ps/2 mouse/keyboard.

Regards,
Chris