Comments on: Enabling the Sleep button on a Dell laptop in Kubuntu Karmic http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/ When the going gets tough, the tough sniff packets. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Tim Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:03:49 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-209 Thanks for a good thread. I tried both methods; they both worked and I learnt something in both approaches. dbus is less mysterious to me now. Thanks for a good thread. I tried both methods; they both worked and I learnt something in both approaches. dbus is less mysterious to me now.

]]> By: tyler http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-180 tyler Sat, 01 May 2010 22:22:24 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-180 Whoa! That worked. Thanks! Whoa! That worked. Thanks!

]]> By: foo http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-179 foo Sat, 01 May 2010 19:48:34 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-179 I have a dell m1330, and my fn+f1 key combination didn't work either. I noticed that on my girlfriend's dell laptop, the sleep combination is fn+esc. I tried this on my laptop and it worked immediately. I think the key mapping is a little goofy on linux. So now to put my laptop to sleep I press fn+esc, although the little sleep icon is on the f1 key. Did you try pressing fn+esc? I have a dell m1330, and my fn+f1 key combination didn’t work either. I noticed that on my girlfriend’s dell laptop, the sleep combination is fn+esc. I tried this on my laptop and it worked immediately. I think the key mapping is a little goofy on linux. So now to put my laptop to sleep I press fn+esc, although the little sleep icon is on the f1 key. Did you try pressing fn+esc?

]]> By: tyler http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-151 tyler Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:38:38 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-151 Thanks, Juliano. That is indeed better. Thanks, Juliano. That is indeed better.

]]> By: Juliano http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Juliano Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:28:17 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-150 There is a much simpler way of doing that, without sudo, helper scripts, etc... it also plays nice with the desktop environment (it has time to disconnect online services before calling pm-suspend). 1. Go to System Settings -> Input Actions. 2. Click Edit -> New -> Global Shortcut -> D-Bus Command. 3. Set a name for this action, assign the trigger to the "Sleep" button. 4. Set the D-Bus action to: Remote application: org.freedesktop.PowerManagement Remote object: /org/freedesktop/PowerManagement Function: org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Suspend Arguments: Save and test. There is a much simpler way of doing that, without sudo, helper scripts, etc… it also plays nice with the desktop environment (it has time to disconnect online services before calling pm-suspend).

1. Go to System Settings -> Input Actions.
2. Click Edit -> New -> Global Shortcut -> D-Bus Command.
3. Set a name for this action, assign the trigger to the “Sleep” button.
4. Set the D-Bus action to:

Remote application: org.freedesktop.PowerManagement
Remote object: /org/freedesktop/PowerManagement
Function: org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Suspend
Arguments:

Save and test.

]]> By: tyler http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-137 tyler Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:52:22 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-137 Gabor, it sounds like you don't have the sudo permissions working. If you run it in Konsole and it works after prompting you for your password, then this is the problem. Most likely when you run it from the KDE menu, it is hanging on the sudo prompt. Gabor, it sounds like you don’t have the sudo permissions working. If you run it in Konsole and it works after prompting you for your password, then this is the problem. Most likely when you run it from the KDE menu, it is hanging on the sudo prompt.

]]> By: Gabor http://www.tolaris.com/2009/11/10/enabling-the-sleep-button-on-a-dell-laptop-in-kubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Gabor Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:46:51 +0000 http://www.tolaris.com/?p=609#comment-136 Strange, but it does not work for me. I made everything you wrote, but when I lunch either the script, or "sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend" from KDE menu, it doesn't do anything. In contrast, I can run it from Konsol, and it is OK, suspends/hibernates correctly without asking the password. Do you have an idea, what's wrong? (KDE 4.3.2, Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic) Strange, but it does not work for me. I made everything you wrote, but when I lunch either the script, or “sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend” from KDE menu, it doesn’t do anything. In contrast, I can run it from Konsol, and it is OK, suspends/hibernates correctly without asking the password. Do you have an idea, what’s wrong? (KDE 4.3.2, Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic)

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