Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-06 Thread CLOSE Dave
T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > systemd (by default) doesn't put idle systems to sleep, but it does > put closed laptops to sleep when no desktop power management system > is active (e.g. when KDM is running). > > Just set HandleLidSwitch=ignore in /etc/systemd/logind.conf to turn > it off. See `man

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-06 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:46 AM, CLOSE Dave wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I interpret your comments to imply that, because > I'm using KDM, the laptop should never go to sleep while at the login > screen. Unfortunately, that is not my experience. If the laptop is > closed, it goes to suspend withi

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-05 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 05 August 2014, CLOSE Dave sent: > If the laptop is closed, it goes to suspend within a few minutes. As a side issue, you need to check that your laptop won't overheat if the lid is shut. Some of them have ventilation around the keyboard, and need it. -- [tim@localhost ~

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-05 Thread CLOSE Dave
T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > What display manager are you using? `systemctl show > display-manager.service -pId` will tell you. # systemctl show display-manager.service -pId Id=kdm.service > KDM is the default display manager on the Fedora KDE spin, and KDM is > ancient and crufty and doesn't ev

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-04 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, CLOSE Dave wrote: > I have some laptops running F20/KDE which, among other purposes, are > acting as gateways to a private network. Most of the time these laptops > are unattended -- no one is logged into the console -- but the gateway > function must continue to r

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-04 Thread CLOSE Dave
I asked: > Is there a way to keep the power management function active even > when no one is logged into the console? On 08/02/2014 08:19 AM, Tim wrote: > Perhaps you can configure power management options for the kdm user > (that which the KDM logon screen runs as)? Assuming that kdm works > i

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-02 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 01 August 2014, CLOSE Dave sent: > Is there a way to keep the power management function active even when > no one is logged into the console? Perhaps you can configure power management options for the kdm user (that which the KDM logon screen runs as)? Assuming that kdm wo

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Rouch
On 4 August 2010 06:00, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> ... >> Hi, I forgot it. >> ... > I would do this as well. > You may lose some custom settings, but it appears it is effective (I removed > battery widget from my panel unintentionally and could not add it back via > panel's add widget

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 13:38, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> ... >> # yum reinstall upower >> ... > > Hi, I forgot it. > After reinstall (please do it even if it appears unnecessary ...; I recently > fixed my bluetooth by reinstalling multiple related packages): Doing that now > > note: l

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 12:21, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> > [jb localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power >> > root      1439  0.0  0.3   6028  2364 ?        S    Aug01   0:04 >> > /usr/libexec/upowerd >> > ... >> Bingo! For whatever reason, upowerd is not running. If I start it b

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Rouch
On 2 August 2010 17:43, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> >> So I think this is a kde problem. >> > Hi, > have you looked into these in KDE: > computer-system settings-general-notifications-system > notifications-applications > event source selection -> scroll to PowerDevil > selec

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-02 Thread JB
Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > > So I think this is a kde problem. > Hi, have you looked into these in KDE: computer-system settings-general-notifications-system notifications-applications event source selection -> scroll to PowerDevil select item e.g. AC adaptor plugged in check off below e.

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 1 August 2010 20:24, JD wrote: >  On 08/01/2010 11:15 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> .snip . >> I'm going to try it, just to rule out the kde components. But i've >> used gnome before and was forced to junk it for fvwm when it became >> too bloated for my (old) laptop. i've never been tempte

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread JD
On 08/01/2010 11:15 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > .snip . > I'm going to try it, just to rule out the kde components. But i've > used gnome before and was forced to junk it for fvwm when it became > too bloated for my (old) laptop. i've never been tempted to try it > again :-) > > Regards, > >

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 30 July 2010 00:16, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied >> updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. > > The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F13 kernel > th

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 16:32, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> >> Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: >> >> > >> > I have a duel boot laptop. if i boot it into f12, using kde,  and pull >> > out the power cord, i get a popup message telling me i've done so and >> > the battery monitor icon changes. If

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-30 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 15:16 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > > I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied > > updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. > > The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied > updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F13 kernel that you've got and see if the system's behavior is any

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 19:28 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/29/2010 07:16 PM, Tim wrote: > > While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read > > the configuration left behind by Fedora 12, and update it where needed. > > You can't really expect Fedora 12 (when someone is dual

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/29/2010 07:41 PM, Chris Rouch wrote: > Good idea. I created a new user, selected a kde session and logged in > as that user. I did not change any configuration. The battery charge > icon had a yellow lightning bolt indication mains power. I pulled the > power lead, and nothing changed - no p

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 13:28, Ed Greshko wrote: > While I do agree with what you've said  The one thing that hasn't > been determined is if indeed the issue is the differences in settings > between F12 and F13 and jumping between the 2 versions.  The OP "thinks" > it was working before the last upda

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 12:27, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> >> The home directory is >> shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same. >> > Well, > that may be the problem ... > Unless you really have a specific reason to have a common home dir, > I think you are askin

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/29/2010 07:16 PM, Tim wrote: > While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read > the configuration left behind by Fedora 12, and update it where needed. > You can't really expect Fedora 12 (when someone is dual-booting) to be > able to handle Fedora 13 configurations. >

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 12:47 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > It is up to Fedora to make sure that any config files > that it (she?) places in /home are properly updated > during installation of a new distribution. While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read the configuratio

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Timothy Murphy
JB wrote: >> The home directory is >> shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same. >> > Well, > that may be the problem ... > Unless you really have a specific reason to have a common home dir, > I think you are asking for more or less unpredictability with both > installations