Power management?

I just finished installing Fedora 10 XFCE and letting it install all the updates. I can't find any way to set up power management. The Installed Applications list shows gnome-power-manager installed but I don't see it nor know how to get it running if it's not. Can anyone help me out? I'm new to the Linux world...
Also, is gnome-power-manager the best choice, considering I'm running XFCE?
Thanks!
Steve

 

from the command line type

Code:

su -c 'gnome-power-manager'

and enter your root password when prompted, then set up your preferences and remember to click the 'Make Default' button. then initiate a restart and remember to tick the 'Save Session' box. gnome power manager should now start at every boot

you can also access it through the screensaver settings dialogue but for some reason i needed to do it from the command line to get the settings to stick, after i did that and got the settings to stick i then changed the settings after i accessed it from the screensaver settings dialogue and they stuck so i think it's only needed to access it from the command line for the first time

yes i think g-p-m is the best option for xfce, but other peeps may like other options. you might also like to have a look at my post here that sets some other powersaving options weather your using the psu or not >> viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11944

phil

 

Now working ok. Thanks!
Steve

 

This is not working for me... I have no clue how to fix it.

Code:

[root@toshka etc]# gnome-power-manager 

(gnome-power-manager:3664): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
TI:15:25:31	TH:0x98b9718	FI:gpm-main.c	FN:main,218
 - This program cannot start until you start the dbus session service.

This is usually started automatically in X or gnome startup when you start a new session.
Traceback:
	gnome-power-manager [0x804e21b]
	gnome-power-manager [0x80687be]
	/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0x3dce6e5]
	gnome-power-manager [0x804dc01]

 

which os are you running? as your not running dbus and this is needed to run g-p-m

phil

 

Fedora 10 XFCE spin.

 

and dbus isn't running? i think your install is seriously kaput as dbus is an integral part of fedora and should start automatically with the x session, or are you trying to run g-p-m in runlevel 3?

phil

 

Phil,

I'm trying to run it at run level 5.
Install... hmm... it's all the same after numerous reinstalls from different media.

How do I check whether it's actually running?

 

in xfce in the main menu go down to 'System' then choose 'Xfce4 Taskmanager' in the taskmanager you should see a couple of 'dbus-deamon' and a couple of 'dbus-launch' one of each run as your username and dbus launch run by gdm and dbus-daemon run by root, if not then i don't know what's happened.

also what install media did you use? did you follow any install guides? have you tried modifying your install in anyway?

phil