Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - GNOME 17-03-2009, Manual

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When your computer is asleep, it is turned on but in a low power mode (suspend to
RAM). It takes less time for a computer to wake up from sleep than it does for the
computer to start up after being turned off.
You can also set only the display to sleep. If your computer is in the middle of a task
(for example, burning a DVD) that you want to finish while you are away, set only the
display to sleep.
Figure 2.7 GNOME Power Manager On Battery Power Preferences
General Preferences
Use the options on the General Power Management Preference dialog box to configure
miscellaneous options related to GNOME Power Manager’s behavior, such as the actions
to perform when the power or suspend buttons are pressed, if an icon is displayed in
the Notification area and if sound is used to notify you in the event on an error.
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