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On Thursday 05 Jun 2014 10:08:53 Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> On 05/06/14 12:03, Mick wrote: |
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> > On Thursday 05 Jun 2014 08:25:30 Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> >> On 05/06/14 08:23, Mick wrote: |
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> >>> Are you saying that as things stand it is a matter of time before a |
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> >>> gentoo user will have to switch from openrc to systemd, if they |
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> >>> want/need to continue using sleep and hibernate? |
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> >> |
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> >> For those tasks you mentioned... |
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> >> |
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> >> ...if other desktops don't migrate like Xfce, then something like: |
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> >> |
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> >> Switching to a) systemd, OR b) switching to Xfce (direct pm-utils |
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> >> support in session and power managers), |
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> >> OR c) switching to command line pm-* utilities directly from pm-utils |
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> >> |
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> >> ...might be inevitable |
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> >> |
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> >> And if Linux kernel does changes that break pm-utils, which haven't had |
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> >> a single commit since 2010 |
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> >> in upstream repository: |
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> >> |
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> >> Switching to a) systemd, OR, b) wait, no other possibilities |
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> >> |
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> >> Yes, that's really how poor the situation is, and don't shoot me, I'm |
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> >> only the messenger :-) |
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> > |
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> > Thanks Samuli, I don't shoot people, especially when they try to help me! |
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> > :-) |
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> > |
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> > I use enlightenment on most machines and KDE on a couple of desktops, so |
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> > I guess these would be the only two desktops that may be an issue for |
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> > me. However, I had forgotten about the pm-* commands. I just tried: |
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> > |
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> > pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid |
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> > |
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> > and didn't get anything ... what am I missing? |
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> |
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> null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --suspend |
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> null ssuominen # echo $? |
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> 0 |
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> null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --hibernate |
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> null ssuominen # echo $? |
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> 0 |
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> null ssuominen # pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid |
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> null ssuominen # echo $? |
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> 0 |
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> |
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> see `man pm-is-supported`, this particular command is silent, and only |
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> returns |
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> return codes, and 0 means it succeeded |
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Yes, I had seen the man page and was expecting a return code, your echo string |
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worked. Thank you. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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