[gpm] GNOME Power Manager Needs Power Scheme Option?

[Jeff Cai <Jeff Cai Sun COM>]

Hi

A power scheme is a collection of settings that controls the power usage
of your computer. You can use power schemes to reduce the power
consumption of individual devices or the entire system.

In Windows Xp, User can set options for a power scheme in the Power
Options dialog box. Windows XP comes with several pre-configured
profiles, they are Home/Office Desk, Portable/Laptop, Presentation, Always on,
Minimal Power Management and Max Battery. User also can easily create 
custom profiles that fine tune the properties for his particular circumstances.

In Max OS, Laptops get an menu option in the Energy Saver panel:
Optimize Energy Settings. These are energy profiles you can quickly
switch between depending on the circumstance: Better Battery Life,
Normal, Better Performance and Custom.

In KDE, KPowersave ships with a set of four preconfigured schemes which
you can adjust to your needs. To switch schemes with KPowersave just
right-click the panel icon and select Set Active Scheme. The following
schemes are available:


Performance
        Keep your machine running with full power and full speed to
        achieve maximum performance.
Acoustic
        Apply any measure that makes sure your machine runs as quietly
        as possible.
Presentation
        Disable any display power management and screen savers to make
        sure that your presentation is not interrupted by a blanked
        display or such like.
Powersave
        Apply aggressive power management methods to make sure that your
        machine runs as long as possible when put on battery power
        instead of AC power.

How about GNOME Power Manager? Do we need such options which allows user
can select power profiles which they like?

Jeff