On Thursday 05 Jun 2014 10:08:53 Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 05/06/14 12:03, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 05 Jun 2014 08:25:30 Samuli Suominen wrote: > >> On 05/06/14 08:23, Mick wrote: > >>> Are you saying that as things stand it is a matter of time before a > >>> gentoo user will have to switch from openrc to systemd, if they > >>> want/need to continue using sleep and hibernate? > >> > >> For those tasks you mentioned... > >> > >> ...if other desktops don't migrate like Xfce, then something like: > >> > >> Switching to a) systemd, OR b) switching to Xfce (direct pm-utils > >> support in session and power managers), > >> OR c) switching to command line pm-* utilities directly from pm-utils > >> > >> ...might be inevitable > >> > >> And if Linux kernel does changes that break pm-utils, which haven't had > >> a single commit since 2010 > >> in upstream repository: > >> > >> Switching to a) systemd, OR, b) wait, no other possibilities > >> > >> Yes, that's really how poor the situation is, and don't shoot me, I'm > >> only the messenger :-) > > > > Thanks Samuli, I don't shoot people, especially when they try to help me! > > :-) > > > > I use enlightenment on most machines and KDE on a couple of desktops, so > > I guess these would be the only two desktops that may be an issue for > > me. However, I had forgotten about the pm-* commands. I just tried: > > > > pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid > > > > and didn't get anything ... what am I missing? > > null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --suspend > null ssuominen # echo $? > 0 > null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --hibernate > null ssuominen # echo $? > 0 > null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid > null ssuominen # echo $? > 0 > > see `man pm-is-supported`, this particular command is silent, and only > returns > return codes, and 0 means it succeeded
Yes, I had seen the man page and was expecting a return code, your echo string worked. Thank you. -- Regards, Mick
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