<html><head><metahttp-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Xfce 4 Power Manager</title><linkrel="stylesheet"href="../xfce.css"type="text/css"><metaname="generator"content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><linkrel="start"href="#xfce4-power-manager"title="Xfce 4 Power Manager"><linkrel="next"href="#xfpm-intro"title="Introduction"></head><bodybgcolor="white"text="black"link="#0000FF"vlink="#840084"alink="#0000FF"><divclass="article"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"><aname="xfce4-power-manager"></a>Xfce 4 Power Manager</h2></div><div><divclass="authorgroup"><divclass="author"><h3class="author"><spanclass="firstname">Ali</span><spanclass="surname">Abdallah</span></h3><divclass="affiliation"><divclass="address"><p><codeclass="email"><<aclass="email"href="mailto:ali.slackware@gmail.com">ali.slackware@gmail.com</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><spanxmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <strongxmlns=""class="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> version 0.6.0
<br></br></span></div><div><pclass="copyright">Copyright © 2008 Ali Abdallah</p></div></div><hr></div><divclass="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-started">Getting Started</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-configuration">Power Manager Configuration</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-general">General Settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-cpu">CPU Settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-battery">Battery settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-button">Keyboard shortcuts</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-monitor">Monitor settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-systray">System Tray Icon</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-notify">Notification</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-faq">FAQ</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-about">About <strongclass="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong></a></span></dt></dl></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-intro"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div>
<br></br></span></div><div><pclass="copyright">Copyright © 2008 Ali Abdallah</p></div></div><hr></div><divclass="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-started">Getting Started</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-configuration">Power Manager Configuration</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-general">General Settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-cpu">CPU Settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-battery">Battery settings</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-button">Keyboard shortcuts</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect2"><ahref="#xfpm-monitor">Monitor settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-systray">System Tray Icon</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-notify">Notification</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-faq">FAQ</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="sect1"><ahref="#xfpm-about">About <strongclass="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong></a></span></dt></dl></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-intro"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div>
The Xfce4 power manager is a part of the Xfce goodies project and features cpu frequency control,
battery monitoring, monitor DPMS control, LCD brightness control, lid sleep and power buttons control.
battery monitoring, monitor DPMS control, LCD brightness control, lid sleep and power buttons controls.
All those features can be controlled from the user interface settings dialog.
<divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-started"></a>Getting Started</h3></div></div></div><p>To launch the Power Manager you need to run the following command <strongclass="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> -r you can do from the xfce run
command by pressing ALT-F2, or you go to the Xfce settings manager and you click on the Power Manager item
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the available manageabale interfaces.
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In this section we will describe the possible configuration for the power manager.
Here you can select the configuration of the system tray icon, enable/disable cpu frequency and DPMS controls,
typical reason to disable DPMS control for example if you are watching a movie.
</p></div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-cpu"></a>CPU Settings</h3></div></div></div><divclass="figure"><aname="id2529126"></a><pclass="title"><b>Figure 2. CPU Linux governors</b></p><divclass="figure-contents"><divclass="screenshot"><divclass="mediaobject"><imgsrc="images/cpu-settings.png"alt="CPU Linux governors"></div></div></div></div><p><brclass="figure-break"></p><p>
</p></div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-cpu"></a>CPU Settings</h3></div></div></div><divclass="figure"><aname="id2529779"></a><pclass="title"><b>Figure 2. CPU Linux governors</b></p><divclass="figure-contents"><divclass="screenshot"><divclass="mediaobject"><imgsrc="images/cpu-settings.png"alt="CPU Linux governors"></div></div></div></div><p><brclass="figure-break"></p><p>
The linux governors found in the system are listed for choice as a radio buttons,
if the acpi_cpufreq module is not loaded in the kernel or the cpu itself doesn't support
changes in it's frequency these options might not be shown.
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Same as Ondemand but differs in behaviour in that it gracefully increases and decreases
the CPU speed rather than jumping to max speed the moment there is any load on the CPU.
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NOTE:In <strongclass="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> version 0.6.0 only Linux is supported for changing the cpu frequency.
For those buttons you can define an action to be taken by the power manager when happen to press one of them,
for example when you close the laptop screen.
</div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-monitor"></a>Monitor settings</h3></div></div></div><divclass="figure"><aname="id2549006"></a><pclass="title"><b>Figure 5. Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness</b></p><divclass="figure-contents"><divclass="screenshot"><divclass="mediaobject"><imgsrc="images/monitor-settings.png"alt="Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness"></div></div></div></div><p><brclass="figure-break"></p><p>
</div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-monitor"></a>Monitor settings</h3></div></div></div><divclass="figure"><aname="id2548472"></a><pclass="title"><b>Figure 5. Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness</b></p><divclass="figure-contents"><divclass="screenshot"><divclass="mediaobject"><imgsrc="images/monitor-settings.png"alt="Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness"></div></div></div></div><p><brclass="figure-break"></p><p>
DPMS is an old X extension that allows standby/suspend/turn off options of the monitor, usually the timeouts
have to be succesitive, so stansby timeout less than suspend timeout and so on, but one always can disable any option.
have to be succesitive, so standby timeout less than suspend timeout and so on, but one always can disable any option.
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For a laptop users by clicking on the checkbox allows the power manager to reduce the screen luminosity when
it detects that system in running on battery power and set it again to the maximum value when system is running
on AC power.
</p></div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-systray"></a>System Tray Icon</h3></div></div></div></div><divclass="sect2"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aname="xfpm-notify"></a>Notification</h3></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-faq"></a>FAQ</h2></div></div></div><divclass="variablelist"><dl><dt><spanclass="term">Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager</span></dt><dd><p>A: No, they are not similar, they are the same, just there is no point of re-drawing icons,
</p></div></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-systray"></a>System Tray Icon</h2></div></div></div></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-notify"></a>Notification</h2></div></div></div></div><p> </p><divclass="sect1"lang="en"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aname="xfpm-faq"></a>FAQ</h2></div></div></div><divclass="variablelist"><dl><dt><spanclass="term">Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager</span></dt><dd><p>A: No, they are not similar, they are the same, just there is no point of re-drawing icons,
gnome power manager icons are good enough. not all of them are used.
</p></dd><dt><spanclass="term">Q: What is the difference between suspend and hibernate</span></dt><dd><p>A: Suspend if a power save feature, when suspending the computer is still using power,
since the running applications are kept in the memory, but is the lowest power level the computer
