upgrade to slackware 12.2 + xfce4.6 (xfce4-power-manager doesn't work)

zux · 04-21-2009, 12:19 PM

i have u fujittsu-siemens laptop (lifebook s7110).
upgraded from 12.1 to 12.2 by following UPGRADE.txt. all well so far.
after that I upgraded to xfce4.6 and installed xfce4-power-manager from here http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/12.2/xfce46/
well i love xfce 4.6 but the power manager tells me that there is no hal in this system.
when i try to suspend it says this:

Code:

Suspend or hibernate are only supported through HAL, which is not available

I believe those are lies about HAL being unavailable.
I am in the power group:

Code:

groups=0(root),7(lp),11(floppy),17(audio),18(video),19(cdrom),83(plugdev),84(power)

so why would it not be able to find and use hal?

zux · 04-21-2009, 12:27 PM

nevermind, the second reboot (after adding myself to power group) helped.
i had allready reboot after the upgrade to 12.2.
wonder why logging off didn't help with that.
but seems to work for now

joutlancpa · 04-21-2009, 06:26 PM

I'm using 4.6 with Slack 12.2 also....love it. Have you had a problem by chance with adjusting your Keyboard key repeat rate in Xfce4 settings? try it. I can't adjust it. It just stays on a long interval....can't figure it out.

zux · 04-22-2009, 02:36 AM

well works for me.
I noticed that xfce 4.6 loads at least 2 times faster than 4.4

joutlancpa · 04-22-2009, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zux

well works for me.
I noticed that xfce 4.6 loads at least 2 times faster than 4.4

OK...thanks...you have the same setup I do, so I had to ask...I'll keep working on it