[opensuse] Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

don fisher

4 Mar 2015 4 Mar '15

19:27

Title says it all. I am tying to control what happens when I close the lid, touch the power button etc. I have not searched under openSuse, but there was once a thing called acpi with scripts in /etc/acpi that could be set to control these events. I do no wish to break the existing system, so would like to know how to interface with these options. I am running openSuse 3.2. I do not wish to have to dig back into those 7 volumes of the X window system. Yes, I still have them:-) Thanks Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Malcolm

4 Mar 4 Mar

19:38

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On Wed 04 Mar 2015 12:27:49 PM CST, don fisher wrote:

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Title says it all. I am tying to control what happens when I close the lid, touch the power button etc. I have not searched under openSuse, but there was once a thing called acpi with scripts in /etc/acpi that could be set to control these events. I do no wish to break the existing system, so would like to know how to interface with these options. I am running openSuse 3.2.

I do not wish to have to dig back into those 7 volumes of the X window system. Yes, I still have them:-)

Thanks Don

Hi Its controlled by systemd and /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I set my lid to ignore... -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.36-38-default up 6 days 1:46, 4 users, load average: 0.39, 0.52, 0.49 CPU AMD A4-5150M APU @ 3.3GHz | GPU Richland Radeon HD 8350G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

don fisher

19:57

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On 03/04/15 12:38, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed 04 Mar 2015 12:27:49 PM CST, don fisher wrote:

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Title says it all. I am tying to control what happens when I close the lid, touch the power button etc. I have not searched under openSuse, but there was once a thing called acpi with scripts in /etc/acpi that could be set to control these events. I do no wish to break the existing system, so would like to know how to interface with these options. I am running openSuse 3.2.

I do not wish to have to dig back into those 7 volumes of the X window system. Yes, I still have them:-)

Thanks Don

Hi Its controlled by systemd and /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I set my lid to ignore...

How do you find these things? Is there documentation on internals or architecture somewhere I have not discovered? The openSuse docs on systemd were quite good. But most of the rest just talks about translucent windows and other stuff I have no interest in. I feel I am often asking rather dumb questions. The KDE help was of no value. Thanks Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Malcolm

21:44

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:57:05 -0700 don fisher wrote:

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On 03/04/15 12:38, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed 04 Mar 2015 12:27:49 PM CST, don fisher wrote:

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Title says it all. I am tying to control what happens when I close the lid, touch the power button etc. I have not searched under openSuse, but there was once a thing called acpi with scripts in /etc/acpi that could be set to control these events. I do no wish to break the existing system, so would like to know how to interface with these options. I am running openSuse 3.2.

I do not wish to have to dig back into those 7 volumes of the X window system. Yes, I still have them:-)

Thanks Don

Hi Its controlled by systemd and /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I set my lid to ignore...

How do you find these things? Is there documentation on internals or architecture somewhere I have not discovered? The openSuse docs on systemd were quite good. But most of the rest just talks about translucent windows and other stuff I have no interest in. I feel I am often asking rather dumb questions. The KDE help was of no value.

Thanks Don

Hi Being subscribed to the devel mailing list to see what is/has changed, fgrep in /etc, man pages (man logind.conf) and google.... -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.36-38-default up 6 days 3:49, 4 users, load average: 0.10, 0.22, 0.21 CPU AMD A4-5150M APU @ 3.3GHz | GPU Richland Radeon HD 8350G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

don fisher

5 Mar 5 Mar

00:06

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On 03/04/15 14:44, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:57:05 -0700 don fisher wrote:

Hi Being subscribed to the devel mailing list to see what is/has changed, fgrep in /etc, man pages (man logind.conf) and google....

I am still unable to set up my wireless adapter. If I click on the icon, it asks for the password. But it used to remember the password itself, and I cannot figure out how to embed the password. I am afraid I have really grown to dislike Network Manager. Any instructions would be great. The first system I set up found the adapter, accepted the password and worked fine. But it was on a disk that Windows killed. Every install since then has failed. Thanks, Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Malcolm

00:23

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:06:43 -0700 don fisher wrote:

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On 03/04/15 14:44, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:57:05 -0700 don fisher wrote:

Hi Being subscribed to the devel mailing list to see what is/has changed, fgrep in /etc, man pages (man logind.conf) and google....

I am still unable to set up my wireless adapter. If I click on the icon, it asks for the password. But it used to remember the password itself, and I cannot figure out how to embed the password. I am afraid I have really grown to dislike Network Manager.

Any instructions would be great. The first system I set up found the adapter, accepted the password and worked fine. But it was on a disk that Windows killed. Every install since then has failed.

Thanks, Don

Hi Check the box to allow for all users, enter root password and done... (this is what I do in GNOME). -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.36-38-default up 6 days 6:31, 4 users, load average: 0.35, 0.28, 0.25 CPU AMD A4-5150M APU @ 3.3GHz | GPU Richland Radeon HD 8350G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

don fisher

02:49

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On 03/04/15 17:23, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:06:43 -0700 don fisher wrote:

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On 03/04/15 14:44, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:57:05 -0700 don fisher wrote:

Hi Being subscribed to the devel mailing list to see what is/has changed, fgrep in /etc, man pages (man logind.conf) and google....

I am still unable to set up my wireless adapter. If I click on the icon, it asks for the password. But it used to remember the password itself, and I cannot figure out how to embed the password. I am afraid I have really grown to dislike Network Manager.

Any instructions would be great. The first system I set up found the adapter, accepted the password and worked fine. But it was on a disk that Windows killed. Every install since then has failed.

Thanks, Don

Hi Check the box to allow for all users, enter root password and done... (this is what I do in GNOME).

Another bad one:-) How do you tell the computer to sleep, and then what do you do to wake it up. My computer has no sleep button, just a power button. I could try and put it to sleep with the lid close, but would rather have another event. What app can I call to start the wireless connection. Clicking in little GUIs is not my cup of tea. I also am not getting anything in /var/log/messages. What is the trick to turning that on. I thought it has been the default. Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Malcolm

03:11

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.

On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 19:49:03 -0700 don fisher wrote:

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On 03/04/15 17:23, Malcolm wrote:

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:06:43 -0700 don fisher wrote:

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On 03/04/15 14:44, Malcolm wrote:

...
On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:57:05 -0700 don fisher wrote:

Hi Being subscribed to the devel mailing list to see what is/has changed, fgrep in /etc, man pages (man logind.conf) and google....

I am still unable to set up my wireless adapter. If I click on the icon, it asks for the password. But it used to remember the password itself, and I cannot figure out how to embed the password. I am afraid I have really grown to dislike Network Manager.

Any instructions would be great. The first system I set up found the adapter, accepted the password and worked fine. But it was on a disk that Windows killed. Every install since then has failed.

Thanks, Don

Hi Check the box to allow for all users, enter root password and done... (this is what I do in GNOME).

Another bad one:-) How do you tell the computer to sleep, and then what do you do to wake it up. My computer has no sleep button, just a power button. I could try and put it to sleep with the lid close, but would rather have another event.

What app can I call to start the wireless connection. Clicking in little GUIs is not my cup of tea. I also am not getting anything in /var/log/messages. What is the trick to turning that on. I thought it has been the default.

Don

Hi I just set it in Gnome settings, your on KDE (there must be some power management tool)? nmcli for the command line version of Network Manager. I don't hibernate or suspend, screensaver/blank screen clicks in, but I imagine pressing a key or the power button brings it back to life if it suspends or hibernates. I just move my mouse.. Not any more, default is to use journalctl or install rsyslogd to get /var/log/messages back.... -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.36-38-default up 1:31, 3 users, load average: 0.55, 0.44, 0.42 CPU AMD A4-5150M APU @ 3.3GHz | GPU Richland Radeon HD 8350G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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