On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:27:05AM +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > Am Dienstag, 14. September 2004 18:05 schrieb Bryan Forbes: > > I've installed laptop-mode-tools and started it up, but when I switch to
To be clear, bryan installed the 'laptop-mode-tools' package. > > battery, it doesn't switch laptop mode on (cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode > > returns 0, and it should return 2 if it's on laptop mode). Do I need to > > install a hook to turn on laptop-mode when pmud detects I go to battery > > and vice-versa for ac? Thanks in advance! > > The laptop-mode-tools don't run out-of-the-box on powerpc machines yet. You > need to make the connection from laptop-mode-tools to your power management > daemon by hand. In your case you have to add some lines in pwctrl-local: This is WRONG. laptop-mode-tools works out of the box on all architectures. The main purpose of the package is to set the laptop-mode automatically (to integrate it in debian). In Bryan case, I am not sure. Perhaps '/etc/init.d/laptop-mode start' needs to be invoked once if he has not restarted his computer since he installed laptop-mode-tools. Christophe > minimum) > laptop_mode start > ;; > maximum) > laptop_mode stop > ;; > > This might work. > > Best Regards > Matthias > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Christophe Barb� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. --English proverb

