GNOME Power Manager 2.15.90 Documentation

Richard Hughes


            
          

Version 2.15.90


Table of Contents

1. DBUS Interface
Introduction
Compatibility
Methods
Suspend
Hibernate
Shutdown
Reboot
AllowedSuspend
AllowedHibernate
AllowedShutdown
AllowedReboot
SetDpmsMode
GetDpmsMode
Inhibit
UnInhibit
GetOnAc
GetLowPowerMode
Signals
DpmsModeChanged
OnAcChanged
2. Icon Naming Scheme
Icon indexes
Icon Names
3. Roadmap
2-15 Development
4. Sleep Names
Introduction
Standby
Recommended Nomenclature
Suspend
Recommended Nomenclature
Bad Nomenclature
Hibernate
Recommended Nomenclature
Bad Nomenclature
Conclusion
5. Frequently Asked Questions
Past entries
I've set the computer inactive timeout to one minute and it still takes longer than that to suspend.
My time to discharge is always incorrect due to a faulty battery, what can I do?
Why doesn't my IBM laptop have the brightness sliders in Power Preferences?
Have you got any screenshots of the cool new stuff?
Why does my lid state get confused after suspending or hibernating? (and) My laptop suspended when I didn't expect it to when I removed the power cord!
Does GNOME Power Manager support APM?
Why does GNOME Power Manager not let me suspend or hibernate?
Why does my screen dim or screensaver start even when I'm clicking the mouse?
How do I make my application stop the computer auto-suspending?
Are gnome-power-manager and gnome-screensaver inhibit methods the same?
When I suspend on low power, g-p-m keeps suspending again and again on resume
Why don't I see the actions menu like I used to?
Why using Ubuntu (Dapper) do I get the error
Why doesn't DPMS work when I've enabled it in XScreenSaver?
GNOME Power Manager doesn't spin down my hard-drive!
I'm running ACPI. Why do events (such as removing the AC adapter) take so long to register?
How do I query or do actions on gnome-power-manager from my shell script?
Nothing happens when I click suspend or hibernate
What is the PowerManager system service - why was GNOME Power Manager depending on it, but now obsoletes it?
Can I get updates to the progress of GNOME Power Manager? Do you have an RSS feed?
Why do we need such an up-to-date DBUS?
Why do we need such an up-to-date HAL?
Why doesn't my video adaptor come back after a suspend? It just displays black
Why doesn't GNOME Power manager autostart?
Where do I put my custom suspend/shutdown/hibernate script?