-a [State] |
Displays the current system state when used alone.
When used with the parameter State and in combination with other flags, specifies the system state to change to. |
-b [on | off] |
Displays the current system setting for beep when used alone.
When used with the parameter on or off, enables or disables the beep whenever the system changes state. |
-c |
Displays the current system setting for Lid close.
When used with the -a State flag, sets the system state to change to (transition) whenever you close the lid of the notebook. |
-d DeviceName |
Displays the list of all Power Management aware Device Drivers when used alone.
When used with DeviceName or DeviceName -t, displays the idle time and standby time of the device specified by DeviceName.
When used with DeviceName -t IdleTime StandbyTime , where DeviceName is NOT lft0, sets the idle time and standby time of the device specified by DeviceName.
Note: The DeviceName, lft0, specifies the Display Power Management System (DPMS).
When used with lft0 -t DimTime SuspendTime TurnoffTime, sets the dim time, suspend time, and turnoff time of lft0.
The minimum value for all the Time arguments is 1 minute, and the maximum value is 120 minutes. Specifying -1 as a Time argument means no change. Specifying 0 (zero) in any Time argument disables the timer. |
-e |
Requests a transition to the specifeid state. This flag must be used with the -a State flag. |
-h |
Displays the long command usage. |
-g [Time] |
Displays the current system setting for the duration of the suspend to hibernation when used alone.
When used with the Time parameter and the -a State flag, sets duration of suspend to hibernation in minutes. Once this is set, after the system has changed its state to suspend, this timer begins to tick. When the timer expires, the system goes to hibernation state. The minimum value of Time is 1 minute, and the maximum value is 120 minutes. Specifying 0 (zero) disables the timer. |
-k [ on | off ] |
Displays the current system setting for Low Function Terminal (LFT) termination when used alone.
When set to on, the lft session will be terminated when the system enters suspend or hibernation state. When set to off, the lft session will not be terminated when the system enters suspend or hibernation state. |
-l |
(lowercase L) Displays the current system setting for Low battery.
When used with the -a State flag, sets the system state to change to (transition) whenever the optional battery is low. |
-p |
Displays the current system setting for Main power switch.
When used with the -a State flag, sets the system state to change to (transition) whenever the main power switch is pressed.
Note: If necessary, the selected state transition can be overridden and the power immediately turned off by pressing the power button three times quickly (within a two second period).
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-r [ on | off ] |
Displays the current system setting for ringing resume when used alone. This setting is used when connected to a telephone through a modem.
When set to on, the ring of the telephone will cause the system to resume from hibernation. When set to off, the ring of the telephone will not cause the system to resume from suspend or hibernation. |
-R [ [Date] Time ] |
Displays the current system setting of the timer for system resume from a power-saving state (hibernation on a workstation or suspend on a notebook computer) when used alone.
When used with the parameters, [Date] Time, sets the alarm timer for system resume. Specify [Date] Time, with the format [YYMMDD]hhmm. Specifying only Time means everyday. Setting Time to 0 (zero) means disable the timer. Setting Time to 0000 means midnight. |
-s [ on | off ] |
Displays the current system setting for sync daemon termination when used alone.
Note: If this flag is on, the sync daemon will be terminated when entering standby state, but reinvoked when resumed from standby.
When set to on, the sync daemon will be terminated when the system enters standby state. When set to off, the sync daemon will not be terminated when the system enters standby state. |
-S [ [Date] Time ] suspend | hibernation | shutdown |
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Displays the current system setting of the timer for system to enter a power-saving state (suspend, hibernation or shutdown) when used alone.
When used with the parameters, [Date] Time, sets the alarm timer for entering a power-saving state. Specify [Date] Time, with the format [YYMMDD]hhmm. Specifying only Time means everyday. Setting Time to 0 (zero) means disable the timer. Setting Time to 0000 means midnight. |
-t [Time] |
Displays the current system setting of the system idle-time when used alone.
When used with the Time parameter, sets the system idle-time in minutes. Once this is set, this timer begins to tick while the system is left idle. When the time expires, the system changes to the state specified by the pmctrl -xa command. The minimum value of Time is 1 minute, and the maximum value is 120 minutes. Specifying 0 (zero) disables the timer. |
-u |
Displays the current system setting of the maximun state (shutdown > hibernation > suspend > standby > ignore) permitted to general users. You must have root authority to set this flag. This flag does not cause any system state change.
When used with the -a State flag, sets the maximum system state that a general user can set. For example, if a user with root authority enters:
pmctrl -u -a suspend
then a general user will not be able to invoke pmctrl -e -a hibernation or pmctrl -e -a shutdown, but would be able to invoke pmctrl -e -a suspend or pmctrl -e -a standby. because the maximum state permitted to the general user is suspend.
If pmctrl -ua ignore is entered, general users can not request any state transition. |
-w [ on | off ] |
Displays the current system setting, when the X server is running,for password query resume when used alone.
When used with the parameter on or off, enables or disables the password query. |
-v |
Displays all Power Management information. |
-x |
Displays the current system setting of the system transistion for when the system idle-timer expires.
When used with the -a State flag, sets the system transistion state when the system idle-timer expires |
-y [ on | off ] |
Displays the current system setting for TTY termination when used alone.
When set to on, the TTY session will be terminated when the system enters suspend or hibernation state. When set to off, the TTY session will not be terminated when the system enters suspend or hibernation state. |