HAL suspend from the command line

Lord Estraven · 11-03-2008, 02:40 PM

I've been looking everywhere for a method of suspending/hibernating from the command line via HAL, and I've yet to find one that works... The closest thing I've found is this:

Code:

dbus-send --session --dest=org.gnome.PowerManager --type=method_call --print-reply --reply-timeout=2000 /org/gnome/PowerManager org.gnome.PowerManager.Hibernate

But it requires gnome-power-manager. How do I make HAL invoke its suspend scripts from the command line?

(Yes, I know I can use sudo for this, but that is IMHO hackish and I would really prefer not to.)

Lord Estraven · 11-03-2008, 02:57 PM

N/M, I found it! Use this:

Code:

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal \
 /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Hibernate

for hibernate, and this:

Code:

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal \
 /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Hibernate \
 int32:0

for suspend.