Howto - Shutdown When Idle - 10.04

[slipdipper]

I was looking for an easy way to do this, but apparently gnome's pwr mgmt options dont let you shut the system down after it becomes idle. Here's one work around, let me know if you have a better way


Create a new script to make stuff work

sudo touch /etc/pm/sleep.d/10_shutdown

become root, then fill it with goodies :

#!/bin/bash

. /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions

case "$1" in
    hibernate|suspend)
    shutdown -h now
    ;;
    *)
    ;;
esac

Set it to be executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/10_shutdown

[nwalkey]

Can you explain how this script works for me? Do you know of a way to get the computer to reboot after being idle for a set period of time?

[wildmanne39]

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