MCE(8)

NAME
mce - daemon that provides mode control functionality

SYNOPSIS
mce [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
mce is a daemon that provides mode control functionality. On startup, mce will read the initial states of the various radios from the radio states file and broadcast these states. Notifiers are registered for various GConf entries, as well as D-Bus message handlers for the method calls that mce provides, and D-Bus signal handlers for the signals that mce listens to. mce will also listen to key events from the power button. If the user preses the power button, the action configured in /etc/mce/mce.ini will be executed. Among the other functionality handled by mce is the logic for the touch screen and keypad lock, LED patterns and display backlight control.

OPTIONS

-d, --daemonflag
    Run mce as a daemon

--force-syslog
    Log to syslog even when mce isn't run as a daemon

--force-stderr
    Log to stderr even when mce is run as a daemon

-S, --session
    Use the session bus instead of the system bus for D-Bus communication

--show-module-info
    Show information about loaded modules

--debug-mode
    Start mce even if communication with dsme fails

--quiet
    Decrease debug message verbosity

--verbose
    Increase debug message verbosity

--help
    Display help for the command

--version
    Display version and author information

GCONF KEYS

/system/osso/dsm/dsm/locks/touchscreen_keypad_autolock_enabled
    bool (read only)
    If this key is set to true, the touchscreen/keypad lock will automatically be enabled when the screen blanks. If this key is set to false, the lock will only be activated if the user triggers it manually.

/system/osso/dsm/display/display_brightness
    int (read only)
    The brightness profile to use for the screen. Valid values range from 1 to 5.

/system/osso/dsm/display/display_dim_timeout
    int (read only)
    Number of seconds to wait before the screen is dimmed.

/system/osso/dsm/display/display_blank_timeout
    int (read only)
    Number of seconds to wait before the screen is blanked.

FILES

/var/run/mce.pid
    PID-file used by mce.

/var/run/mce/boot
    File used by mce to detect whether the program was started on bootup or restarted due to a crash/manual restart.

/var/lib/mce/radio_states
    Stores the system radio states. This file should never be edited manually, and shall not be modified by any other process than mce, since the file is only read when mce is started.

SEE ALSO
mcetool(8)

HISTORY
Jun 16 2010: Updated for new and modified functionality.
Jun 13 2010: Various improvements.
May 13 2010: Updated for modified functionality.
Oct 19 2007: Use escape-codes for hyphens.
Apr 12 2007: Minor fixes.
Oct 23 2006: Minor fixes.
Oct 3 2006: Fix typo.
Sep 23 2005: Fixed minor typos.
Sep 21 2005: Initial version of this manual page.

AUTHOR
mce and its manual page is written by David Weinehall <david.weinehall@nokia.com>

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <david.weinehall@nokia.com>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005-2011 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.