Feature changed by: Philippe Baril Lecavalier (p_barill) Feature #313842, revision 2 Title: auto sleep on login screen with kdm openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Philippe Baril Lecavalier (p_barill) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Any multi-user machine is prone to spend a fair amount of time on the login screen. How come there are no power management settings for this - situation? If a user leaves a computer unattended for a few minutes - while logged in, it will go to sleep after some minutes. Not so if it - stays on the login screen. In this case and with kdm, the user must - manually "suspend to RAM", and know the difference between this and - "suspend to disk". Besides, I observed that the procedure to initiate - sleep on the kdm login screen is quite involved for someone with a low - computer literacy: Click on menu > shutdown > hold suspend > select - "suspend to RAM" Clicking on "suspend" defaults to hibernate (I think - the default should be sleep, not hibernate). Personally, I don't mind. - But it's involved enough that some people told me "I got to write that - down". There are some ways to automatically logout users after some - period of inactivity. This can be justified to avoid waste of network - resources. Similarly, the idea of enabling "sleep after x minutes" on - the login screen is to save power and avoid unnecessary wear. I do not - dare annoy you with yet another default setting request, but a simple - way to turn this on. This could be useful in a variety of environments, - such as home computers and computer labs with low usage rates (and - reduce cooling bills too!). Obviously I deduce little need for this on - a single-user machine. The only time I see the login screen is when I - boot. Thus my logoff=shutdown. This is primarily about kdm. + situation? + If a user leaves a computer unattended for a few minutes while logged + in, it will go to sleep after some minutes. Not so if it stays on the + login screen. In this case and with kdm, the user must manually + "suspend to RAM", and know the difference between this and "suspend to + disk". + Besides, I observed that the procedure to initiate sleep on the kdm + login screen is quite involved for someone with a low computer + literacy: Click on menu > shutdown > hold suspend > select "suspend to + RAM" + Clicking on "suspend" defaults to hibernate (I think the default should + be sleep, not hibernate). Personally, I don't mind. But it's involved + enough that some people told me "I got to write that down". + There are some ways to automatically logout users after some period of + inactivity. This can be justified to avoid waste of network resources. + Similarly, the idea of enabling "sleep after x minutes" on the login + screen is to save power and avoid unnecessary wear of equipment. I do + not dare annoy you with yet another default setting request, but a + simple way to turn this on. + This could be useful in a variety of environments, such as home + computers and computer labs with low usage rates (and reduce cooling + bills too!). Obviously I deduce little need for this on a single-user + machine. The only time I see the login screen is when I boot. Thus my + logoff=shutdown. + I request this for kdm. This follows a discussion from the forum: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-logi... + (http:/forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/477068-re-kde-login-screen-auto-sleep-option-post2477154.html) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313842