[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome logout dialog in Ubuntu has way more options - how to get suspend?

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

· Robert Cernansky <hslists2@zoznam.sk>:

> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:19:17 +0200 Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> 
>> That dialog has a lot more options than the dialog shown in Gentoo.
>> In Gentoo, I do not have "Ruhezustand" (Hibernate) and the dialog
>> looks a lot simpler.
>> 
>> What do I have to do, to get the Ubuntu gnome logout dialog in
>> Gentoo as well?
> 
> To add hibernate option you have to set SuspendCommand variable in
> /etc/X11/gdm.conf. However I found out that if I set this to hibernate
> script, it is not executed.
> 
> SuspendCommand=/usr/sbin/hibernate
> 
> I'm trying to get it work but I do not get any error message or error
> log.

I found an old thread of mine on the gnome-power-management
list. See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.powermanager.devel/1156/focus=1156

Esp. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.powermanager.devel/1163
is of interest:


> Unless it changed recently (post 0.57) the answer as to what gets executed can be had by the following commands. The first one will tell you how to interpret the second.
> 
> hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \
>   --key org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_names
> 
> hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \
>   --key org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_execpaths
> 
> 
> On my system (FC5) those produce the following.
> 
> Suspend Hibernate Shutdown Reboot SetPowerSave
> 
> 
> 
> hal-system-power-suspend hal-system-power-hibernate hal-system-power-shutdown hal-system-power-reboot hal-system-power-set-power-save
> 
> 
>     Ubuntu doesn't have such files. So, something different must happen,
>     when those buttons are pressed. Is there a documentation reg. g-p-m?
>     If so - where?
> 
> on FC5 those files live in /usr/share/hal/scripts
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 

Alexander Skwar
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