[Bug 987664] Re: allow to set restart/resume time

[hakaishi]

I finally got qshutdown to accept "&&". One can now define for eg.
something like "shutdown -P now && rtcwake -m on -s 60" or any other
commands. The new PPA is now uploaded and waits to be build. It will be
aviable from Hardy till Precise. For Quantal it will be included via
Debian, but that will take some time.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to consolekit in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987664

Title:
  allow to set restart/resume time

Status in GNOME Session Shutdown:
  Invalid
Status in Qt projects from Hakaishi:
  New
Status in Shutdown Timer Extension for GNOME shell:
  New
Status in “consolekit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “xfdesktop4” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The desktop environments would help saving energy, if their shutdown
  dialogs could by default provide the option (button/checkbox) to
  schedule a restart.

  Linux provides a simple way to schedule a restart event that is
  particularly usefull in conjuction with initiating or scheduling a
  shutdown or suspend.

  rtcwake -m on -s <seconds-util-start-event>

  Howerever, just as the shutdown command it requires root privileges.
  Thus the need for a similar consolekit support.

  The particular command given in the example above avoids that rtcwake does any switching into another power state (mode -m stays on).
  This allows that all power state switching is still contolled by whatever  power management (userspace) tools are installed, which may often be more stable than the pure kernel/rtcwake method, especially on resume.

  To test it, just schedule a wake event like above as root, then do a
  regular shutdown/suspend. Wait, and watch how the real time clock
  triggers the scheduled power up event and the machine comes back up.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-session-shutdown/+bug/987664/+subscriptions