[SOLVED]Openbox-power management?

Hi,
I use Arch Linux with Openbox.Can someone tell me how to setup power management?I want to use suspend and hibernate.I only install "xfce4-power-manager" package and i want to know do i need to install something else or it's enough?
Sorry for my english.
Thanks.
Last edited by grobar87 (2011-06-28 09:54:30)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CP … cy_Scaling
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop-mode-tools
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acpid
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pm-utils
hth...

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Last edited by euLinux (2009-07-29 07:02:14)

hi miau!
i changed my xorg.conf to match your suggestions... Option "DPMS" "true" moved in Monitor section and blanking and dpms settings in ServerLayout:
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unfortunately it still doesn't work!
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[Solved] xfce4-power-manager broken in Xfce 4.10?

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Hello world :-)
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Last edited by HungryMonster (2012-07-21 09:43:34)

Thanks for your answers!
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cfr wrote:Are you sure that you installed everything necessary for that to work? Which parts of KDE did you install, for example?
I have full KDE installation (# pacman -S kde-meta) so problem should be in my Arch installation, no in KDE itself. I have only installed Arch, Xorg, proprietary Nvidia drivers and KDE so far, so there is only small chance I break or messed up something - it's more likely something I didn't install yet or didn't know how to configure.
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Thanks for your answers!
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I have full KDE installation (# pacman -S kde-meta) so problem should be in my Arch installation, no in KDE itself. I have only installed Arch, Xorg, proprietary Nvidia drivers and KDE so far, so there is only small chance I break or messed up something - it's more likely something I didn't install yet or didn't know how to configure.
Last edited by HungryMonster (2012-07-17 07:52:40)

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