Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (818 mails)

["Kevin Yeaux" <kevin.dupuy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Carlos E. R." <carlos.e.r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "os-fctry" <opensuse-factory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] Beta 3: Desktop machine hibernated on its 
own


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> nordi wrote:
> > Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > gnome-power-manager has some inhibit mechanisms. This means an
> > > application can say "don't suspend" (eg, when you're burning a CD). And
> > > the user can also control this with an applet.
> >
> > But if the user does not expect the system to shutdown he will not
> > change any settings and might be very annoyed the first time that
> > happens. So it should at least be mentionned in the release notes or,
> > even better, be switched off for openSuse, just as suggested in the bug
> > report.
>
> Absolutely. I was quite "disturbed", and I'd be very annoyed if it
> weren't factory.
>
> > I also doubt that apache, gcc/make or $favoriteP2Pclient are capable of
> > telling Gnome to leave the computer running. Even if a application can
> > do that, can a KDE application tell Gnome, can a Gnome application tell
> > KDE to not shut down the system?
>
> Absolutely.
>
> This thing needs a module in Yast.
>
> A module where root defines the overall policy for the entire system:
>
> - allow/disallow users to manually hibernate
> - allow/disallow users to automatically hibernate when iddle
> - force machine to automatically hibernate when iddle
> - change policy depending on the hour: for example, if the machine is
> iddle after hours, allow/force hibernate it.
> - define admisible idling period

There should be a (or at least there was, if it's not there anymore, I 
haven't used Beta 3 yet) Power Management module in YaST. I'm sure it 
probably has control over the g-p-m app too, so it applies to all users (but 
I could be wrong).

As far as the setting, if the main desktop applications can tell the power 
management system to not turn off because it's doing something important 
(downloading podcasts in Banshee, burning a CD, etc.) then I wouldn't have a 
problem with it. Users running servers, as was alluded to in an earlier 
message, are probably savvy enough to check the power management system 
settings before putting that machine into production use.
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