On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasque...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:32 AM, T o n g <mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:17:57 +0000, T o n g wrote: >> ... >> Of all the following acpi related packages, which ones do you have (or, >> which ones should I tell my debootstrap to install)? >> >> acpi-fakekey - tool to generate fake key events >> acpi-support-base - scripts for handling base ACPI events such as the >> power button >> acpi-support - scripts for handling many ACPI events >> acpi - displays information on ACPI devices >> acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon >> acpitool - command line ACPI client >> acpidump - utilities to dump system's ACPI tables to an ASCII file >> laptop-detect - attempt to detect a laptop >> laptop-mode-tools - Tools for Power Savings based on battery/AC status >> sleepd - puts an inactive or low battery laptop to sleep >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) > > I don't have the context of you previous e-mail, so my answer is just > biased by what I use, which is NO desktop environment at all, also > notice, it's a matter of taste most of the time... So what I install > is: > > acpi > acpitool > acpid > acpi-support-base > laptop-mode-tools > cpufrequtils > cpufreqd > lm-sensors > sensord > > I do suspend to RAM through "acpitool -s" and suspend to disk through > "acpitool -S", so I don't need any other suspending solution... > > laptop-detect is a dependency for some of those I mentioned, so I > didn't include it. > > I believe acpi-support-base is also a dependency, so probably I > shouldn't have included it, but well, I'm not sure. > > acpi-fakekey is a dependency for acpi-support, so if you include > acpi-support, the other will be installed. > > acpi-support is nice specially if one doesn't have a desktop > environment, and wants some buttons and keys support, but I found it > too bloated for my taste, and I do things through commands or menu > entries in fluxbox, so I don't really need it, and besides some of the > stuff doesn't even work for me. But you might want to use it fi it > provides something to you... > > I'm not sure about power button application you included, but perhaps > if you have acpi-support, you won't need it. Sounds like they > overlap, not sure if can coexist. I've never used power button. > > acpidump is just if you're in need to print out acpi tables. I never > had the need, :-) >
Thanks for such informative message, Javier! If you have couple of minutes, would you, please, to expand your comments about a system without desktop environment? Targeting a laptop. Is that enough to install a base system, bootloader, then reboot, install "acpi" packages you have mentioned, xorg and then a window manager? Is there dependences on 'xorg', which allow a proper xorg installation? Please, correct me, I am sure I have missed a lot of useful system components. Like xscreensaver, for example. Thanks in advance! -- Sincerely Yours' Mark Goldshtein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimlj=c+ugnfza1rehnkqturjquqqbadktvka...@mail.gmail.com
