I used ubuntu, but it has problem with suspension on my laptop. So I pick fedora as my desktop since I use Gnome most of the time.
Here is one small question but it'll be very helpful to me. I can suspend the computer from the console by issuing 'hibernate' as root. I'm looking for a way to enable an option in the logout dialogue (menu: Desktop->Log Out) so that It'll look like this:
Action * Log out * Shut down * Suspend the computer * Restart the computer
I've enable the suspend command in gdm.conf and can access it from the gdm login screen however not in the logout dialogue. Any ideas?
Ray Strode rstrode@redhat.com writes:
Hi,
Action * Log out * Shut down * Suspend the computer * Restart the computerThat certainly makes more sense than say putting it in the Logout dialog.
Thank you for your reply.
What makes more sense? Not putting it in the logout dialog. It's not in the logout dialog at the moment.
Hi,
Hi,
Action * Log out * Shut down * Suspend the computer * Restart the computerThat certainly makes more sense than say putting it in the Logout dialog.
Thank you for your reply.
What makes more sense? Not putting it in the logout dialog. It's not in the logout dialog at the moment.
Sorry, I wasn't being clear.
Currently we only have it in the context menu of gnome-power-manager's notification icon. That's not really a great spot for it, so where would a good spot for it be? The log out dialog isn't a good place for it--when you suspend you aren't logging out. Putting it in the Action/System menu makes a lot more sense. We just need a bug report for tracking it. If you want to write the report, that'd be great. Otherwise I can do it...
--Ray
Ray Strode rstrode@redhat.com writes:
Sorry, I wasn't being clear.
Currently we only have it in the context menu of gnome-power-manager's notification icon. That's not really a great spot for it, so where would a good spot for it be? The log out dialog isn't a good place for it--when you suspend you aren't logging out. Putting it in the Action/System menu makes a lot more sense. We just need a bug report for tracking it. If you want to write the report, that'd be great. Otherwise I can do it...
Maybe we could pick a new name for 'Logout'. I'm OK with putting it in the logout dialog since reboot and shutdown are there:-)
But is it possible to enable 'Suspend the computer' in the logout dialog easily or do I need to patch say gdm?
Cheers,
On 11/14/2005 04:32 PM, leon wrote:
But is it possible to enable 'Suspend the computer' in the logout dialog easily or do I need to patch say gdm?
The point is the logout dialog is the wrong place to put that choice. Suspending is not a function of logging out; nor is the vice versa. When you resume from a suspend, you want your desktop session to be in the same state as you left it -- logged in, with all your applications the way you left them. A logout will clear your current session and all session services, and force you to log in once again almost as if you rebooted your machine. They are completely separate things.
Christopher Aillon wrote:
On 11/14/2005 04:32 PM, leon wrote:
But is it possible to enable 'Suspend the computer' in the logout dialog easily or do I need to patch say gdm?
The point is the logout dialog is the wrong place to put that choice. Suspending is not a function of logging out; nor is the vice versa. When you resume from a suspend, you want your desktop session to be in the same state as you left it -- logged in, with all your applications the way you left them. A logout will clear your current session and all session services, and force you to log in once again almost as if you rebooted your machine. They are completely separate things.
Why not put it, then in the Desktop drop down menu *along* with log-out, so you'd have log-out *and* suspend in the same menu, but doing different actions?
Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Christopher Aillon wrote:
On 11/14/2005 04:32 PM, leon wrote:
But is it possible to enable 'Suspend the computer' in the logout dialog easily or do I need to patch say gdm?
The point is the logout dialog is the wrong place to put that choice. Suspending is not a function of logging out; nor is the vice versa. When you resume from a suspend, you want your desktop session to be in the same state as you left it -- logged in, with all your applications the way you left them. A logout will clear your current session and all session services, and force you to log in once again almost as if you rebooted your machine. They are completely separate things.
Why not put it, then in the Desktop drop down menu *along* with log-out, so you'd have log-out *and* suspend in the same menu, but doing different actions?
Or put them both under a new sub-menu in the Desktop drop down menu. What it would be called I have no Idea. Or rename "Logout" menu item as Leon suggested. Just suggestions to ponder. Did anyone file the bug yet?
Demond James maestronn@wowway.com writes:
File a bug report on this issue and discussion can continue there. We can come up with a conclusion then.
Can anyone file the bug? Cheers.
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 20:19 +0000, leon wrote:
Demond James maestronn@wowway.com writes:
File a bug report on this issue and discussion can continue there. We can come up with a conclusion then.
Can anyone file the bug? Cheers.
Why don't you do it? -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com
Nils
On 11/15/2005 03:46 AM, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Christopher Aillon wrote:
On 11/14/2005 04:32 PM, leon wrote:
But is it possible to enable 'Suspend the computer' in the logout dialog easily or do I need to patch say gdm?
The point is the logout dialog is the wrong place to put that choice. Suspending is not a function of logging out; nor is the vice versa. When you resume from a suspend, you want your desktop session to be in the same state as you left it -- logged in, with all your applications the way you left them. A logout will clear your current session and all session services, and force you to log in once again almost as if you rebooted your machine. They are completely separate things.
Why not put it, then in the Desktop drop down menu *along* with log-out, so you'd have log-out *and* suspend in the same menu, but doing different actions?
That's what Ray suggested earlier in the thread, and something I agree with. This discussion is best had in a bug report, though.
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