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