Re: [gpm] GNOME Power Manager Needs Power Scheme Option?

["Arnaud Quette" <aquette dev gmail com>]

Hey,

2008/4/18, 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?

indeed, that would be great to have such a thing available in GPM.
and the KPS approach for the naming and behavior seems fine.

it can maybe be addressed through the generic PM daemon, so that we
can share the work with the KDE friends!?

as a final note, we should keep in mind that PM non solely addresses
laptops, but also the desktops and servers running UPSs...

Arnaud
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