Markus Wittenberg wrote: > Ignacio Quezada schrieb: >> El dom, 22-06-2008 a las 22:42 +0200, Markus Wittenberg escribió: >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm using freevo 1.8.1 on Ubuntu Hardy. To start freevo automatically I'm >>> using >>> the 'Boot directly into Freevo: Using GDM' solution >>> (http://doc.freevo.org/BootFreevo). >>> >>> Usually the computer should go sleeping. This works fine when gdm is >>> running and >>> freevo is started manually. When hitting the sleep button the computer >>> falls >>> into sleep. When waked up Ubuntu and freevo come up again without any >>> problem. >>> >>> Now the problem. When freevo is started directly and I hit the sleep button >>> on >>> my keyboard nothing happens. I guess in this case there is no (gdm) sleep >>> functionality available. Any idea how I can change the configuration within >>> gdm >>> or Ubuntu to make this possible? >>> >>> Thanks and regards, Markus >> I think the problem is in the gnome-power-manager. Try to set-up ACPI >> daemon to handle that kind of keyboard events. >> > Using ACPI was not successful but I found a better solution. > I still use automatic login with /etc/gdm/gdm.conf but I don't boot into > freevo > directly. The file ~/.dmrc keeps unchanged to start gnome as usual. > [Desktop] > Session=gnome > > In ~/.config/autostart/ you have to create a new file freevo.desktop. > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=UTF-8 > Name=Freevo > Comment=Freevo > Icon= > Exec=freevo > Terminal=false > Type=Application > Categories= > OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE > > If you would like to have freevo started for all users use the directory > '/etc/xdg/autostart/freevo.desktop' instead to store this file. You have to > be root. > > When you configure freevo to start in fullscreen mode everything is perfect. > freevo will start up after booting the computer. Advantages of this solution: > - you can toggle fullscreen mode > - you have a full featured gnome session > - remote desktop is supported > - using the sleep button of the keyboard works perfectly > - many more
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