XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER(1)

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version 4.20.1 · 3 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER-SETTINGS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the xfce4-power-manager-settings manual page, from the xfce4-power-manager fam (version 1.3.1, she's cute, she's established). This is literally your settings dialog era and I'm obsessed. Let's get into it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xfce4-power-manager-settings — the settings dialog for the Xfce 4 Power manager. yes that's the whole name, no notes, it ate. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xfce4-power-manager-settings [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, xfce4-power-manager-settings is this lil utility that ships with the Xfce4 power manager and its whole job is letting you access and change its configuration. It's a separate program, not baked into anything else — it uses xfconf to load and save your settings according to whatever you pick. main character energy fr.

But here's the thing, and I need you to hear me: xfce4-power-manager-settings requires the Xfce4 power manager to actually be running. Why? Because it connects to it via DBus and asks it which settings should and should not be displayed. Like, for example — and this is such a good example — the xfce4-power-manager-settings utility will not show you the LCD brightness settings if no device was detected by the running instance of the Xfce4 power manager. no device, no brightness sliders, that's just the vibe check it does. 💀

Good news tho: you can totally run xfce4-power-manager-settings straight from the command line without specifying any extra arguments. effortless. 🫶

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • --debug — makes the power manager print debug messages to the console. super useful if you have to send in a bug report, so the devs can see what's going on in there. 🔥
  • --socket-id=SOCKET ID — the settings manager socket. this is the one you use when xfce4-power-manager-settings is embedded in the settings manager, iykyk. 🧚
  • --device-id=UpDevice object path — displays a specific device, picked by its specific UPower UpDevice object path. very specific, very demure. ✨

🐛 BUGS 🐛

Found a bug? bestie, please report it here: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/. 🙈

Development discussion should be conducted on the xfce4-dev@xfce.org mailing list. And usage related questions should be directed to the xfce@xfce.org mailing list. See: https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/

🌈 HOMEPAGE 🌈

https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/start

go look, it's giving documentation. 👑

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Ali Abdallah <aliov@xfce.org>, Eric Koegel <eric@xfce.org>, Simon Steinbeiss <simon@xfce.org>, Harald Judt <h.judt@gmx.at>

🎀 MANPAGE AUTHORS 🎀

Ali Abdallah <aliov@xfce.org>, Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>, Eric Koegel <eric@xfce.org>.

okay that's the whole page, you're officially educated. 💖 This was version 1.3.1 of the XFCE4-POWER-MANAGER(1) manual, and that's a wrap — slay, stay powered, and don't forget to actually run the power manager first or nothing shows up. periodt. 💅✨🌸

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