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esteeven

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Registered: 2010-07-28

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Suspend to RAM : my confusion

Hello

I have read the wiki and have made my kde4 desktop system "go to sleep" on command. I could not get the keyboard sleep button to work and I came across a great guide to writing a script and binding the sleep button on the keyboard to this script. The script is :

dbus-send --print-reply --dest='org.freedesktop.PowerManagement' /org/freedesktop/PowerManagement org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Suspend

I am happy with this solution but I am confused. The "sleep" button invoked from the Kickoff works (I am not sure it did after a fresh install but I have since installed acpid, pm-utils etc.) How can I find out what the sleep button on Kickoff is actually doing. I don't mind using my own little script but I would prefer to use the inbuilt system.

Any help would be appreciated.

edit: typos

Last edited by esteeven (2010-07-29 06:40:14)

loafer

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Re: Suspend to RAM : my confusion

Take a look in /varlog/pm-suspend.log.  You should find some information there.

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JackH79

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Registered: 2009-06-18

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Re: Suspend to RAM : my confusion

The script is :

dbus-send --print-reply --dest='org.freedesktop.PowerManagement' /org/freedesktop/PowerManagement org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Suspend

Also: please put things like scripts in code brackets:

The script is:

dbus-send --print-reply --dest='org.freedesktop.PowerManagement' /org/freedesktop/PowerManagement org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Suspend

Thanks

esteeven

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Registered: 2010-07-28

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Re: Suspend to RAM : my confusion

loafer: Thanks. I will. Not sure I'll understand it though

JackH79: That's helpful. Thanks.

JackH79

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Re: Suspend to RAM : my confusion

Could be outdated, but: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=64281#p137269

Take a look in /varlog/pm-suspend.log

What he means is that kickoff probably uses pm-utils and may invokes "/usr/sbin/pm-suspend". Not sure though.

Last edited by JackH79 (2010-07-29 08:13:31)

esteeven

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Registered: 2010-07-28

Posts: 25

Re: Suspend to RAM : my confusion

qdbus org.kde.kded /modules/powerdevil suspend 2

This worked and is now mapped to my "sleep" key.

Thanks for the link JackH79.