reuben just reminded me that it might be worth mentioning the user-visible changes that come about as a result of the switch to powerd from ohmd. there aren't many, at least as powerd is currently configured:
- new shutdown "menu" screen when the power button is pushed: i take full responsibility for the graphics [1], and any suggestions for improvement will be seriously considered. there are three possible actions: a) do nothing, and the system will sleep in 7 seconds, or b) hit the keyboard or touchpad to cancel and keep working, or c) push the power button again to shut the laptop down (cleanly). the goal is to break the "hold the button for 4 seconds" habit. - the idle timers are set so the laptop will idle-suspend after 15 seconds, the screen will dim after 60, and the laptop will sleep after 4 minutes (all counting from last keyboard activity). are these appropriate for a classroom and student setting? - if on battery, the laptop will auto-shutdown after its been asleep for 1 hour. if plugged in, it will sleep forever. paul [1] http://dev.laptop.org/~pgf/pleaseconfirm.png (it looks a lot better centered on the XO screen) =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel