Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 15:32 schrieb christophe barbe: > > 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.
I'm sorry to contradict you and I would also understand you if you didn't CRY. > 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). Following is a part of the bug report to pmud from laptop-mode-tools author Bart Samwel: "I've got a patch to pmud that makes it execute, in addition to pwrctl-local, all files in the directory /etc/power/pwrctl.d. I need this because I'm working on laptop-mode-tools, and I can't find a failsafe way to hook into events provided by pmud like I can with apmd and acpid." This means that the laptop-mode-tools won't connect to any power management daemon running on powerpc. Due to this laptop-mode-tools won't run out-of-the-box on powerpc machines, right? You need to add the command to the control script by hand. Otherwise laptop mode wouldn't be changed if power source changed. That the laptop-mode-script must also be lauched at boot time is only a workaround for insufficient quality of the PM-daemons. > 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. IMHO laptop-mode is a dynamic option that must adapt to changing conditions. This can only be done in conjunction with a power management daemon. Anything else doesn't make much sense. Best Regards Matthias
