-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew McMillan wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 23:01 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: >> >> I don't understand why you people are taking so much of pain automating a >> lot of stuff using scripts. >> I presume most notebook users would be using GUI on it (Probably KDE). >> >> KDE's klaptopdaemon is excellent in handling all this suspend/resume >> stuff for you. I've been using it for months now without any problem. > > I seriously doubt the "Probably KDE" comment! I have a Gnome desktop > myself, and AFAICS the two are roughly equal in popularity :-) > GNOME too might be having something similar. > The reason I have a script for suspend / resume is to ensure a couple of > things happen: > > 1) xscreensaver locks my screen on suspend. For security reasons I > don't want my login session to be resumable if someone steals my laptop > while it is suspended. > klaptopdaemon has the option "Lock & Suspend", "Suspend", "Lock & Hibernate", "Hibernate" > 3) From time to time there have been issues with suspend / resume and > either alsa or hotplug, and I have found it useful to script around > these issues. > I'm lucky enough to not have faced any such problem :-) > Also, if you got the impression that those scripts are actually run by > hand, you are being naive... > I don't agree. If there's something already ready why try doing kiddie stuff. If you still are tempted you can download the klaptopdaemon sources and patch it to your requirements. I find it feature comprehensive. > ================================================== > > /etc/acpi/events/lid: > # This is called when the user closes the lid > event=button[ /]lid > action=/etc/acpi/suspend_to_ram.sh > I disabled it in acpid. This is handled well in klaptopdaemon. > ================================================== > > /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn: > # /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn > # This is called when the user presses the power button and calls > # /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh for further processing. > > # Optionally you can specify the placeholder %e. It will pass > # through the whole kernel event message to the program you've > # specified. > > event=button[ /]power > action=/etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh > > ================================================== > I hope you might have disabled the functionality of the powerbtn too > Which is all only mildly modified from the default stuff installed by > the acpid package. > > Regards, > Andrew McMillan. > Regards, rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFChRRE4Rhi6gTxMLwRAsyWAKCl5rKNTE9QzTZotXJFR32uDnMdvgCgsKSB vWvH9RpTJHCBCGKceaGr13I= =t4Dt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
