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gem

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Registered: 2013-08-08

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XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

Hello
I just started with Arch Linux a week ago. I managed to install it with XFCE4 as desktop and so on, but when it came to power management I gave up after hours of googleing.

I want XFCE4-power-manager to shutdown the netbook when the battery reaches a critical level. But all I can choose in the drop-down-menu is "Do nothing" and "Standby".

laptop-mode-tools are installed and configured.

Please help
Cheers,
Gem

hellomynameisphil

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

Do you have upower installed?

gem

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

pm-utils? No, do I need it for laptop-mode-tools?

Edit: hold on, it is installed already, maybe as a dependency of something else

Last edited by gem (2013-08-12 12:46:02)

hellomynameisphil

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

I'm not sure if you are saying that you have pm-utils installed or that you have upower installed. I think you need upower to do what you want.

Last edited by hellomynameisphil (2013-08-12 16:24:23)

gem

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

Alright, I'll try it then. Do I have to do something special or just install it?

Edit: is installed already, too

Last edited by gem (2013-08-12 17:04:27)

gem

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

Still no luck here -.- do you need more information?

rufus

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

yeah you might be fighting with X
    I forget the exact commands but its like #xset s off
       anywhere its probably there
EDIT: Im not sure its been a while but doesnt XFCE usually sit on top of Gnome?

Last edited by rufus (2013-08-13 08:24:40)

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gem

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Re: XFCE4-Power-Management not able to shutdown netbook

XFCE uses Gtk+2 but it does not depend on GNOME, although it uses a few things like NetworkManager and so on.