Hi,
I consider correct power management a high priority for any battery-operated device
I own, especially a handheld computer I will rely on away from wired power sources.
SO, I'm somewhat willing to try to help out pdaXrom in this regard. From what I gather
so far, it seems the "stock/default" pdaXrom using the matchbox project applets, does
accomplish this very well, but folks are having difficulty getting the applets to run
in other window managers.
This is most likely due to the fact that the applets differ somewhat from standard X
clients. And if this is true, I suspect that the "meat and potatoes" code inside the
applet, could be wrapped up into a standard X client, thus being able to be run
under any window manager. (I could probably do this easily)
Unfortunately, the one piece I do not know about, is how the power-on button press
is detected, and what happens. When the machine is running, I suspect that a
regular X event for a key press is generated, and intercepted by the WM and passed
on to the (correct) applet.
BUT, what happens when the machine is already suspended, and the power-on
button is pressed? Something else must happen, and I would need to know what.
If anyone knows these details, or knows that any of my suspicions above are incorrect,
please post!
Thanks, John