Re: [gentoo-user] Power management

2014-06-04 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 04/06/14 22:27, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 04/06/14 21:44, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> The current debate over upower and upower-pm-utils has got me thinking (yes, >> I >> know): is it possible to install Gentoo on a desktop or a mini-server >> without >> any PM at all? > Of

Re: [gentoo-user] Power management

2014-06-04 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 04/06/14 21:44, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > The current debate over upower and upower-pm-utils has got me thinking (yes, > I > know): is it possible to install Gentoo on a desktop or a mini-server without > any PM at all? Of course. It's USE="-upower" to make.conf and couple of

[gentoo-user] Power management

2014-06-04 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, The current debate over upower and upower-pm-utils has got me thinking (yes, I know): is it possible to install Gentoo on a desktop or a mini-server without any PM at all? I've been browsing the Web but not found much, and I don't see any clues in USE flags. Maybe things like suspe

[gentoo-user] Power management or something?

2012-03-17 Thread Grant
I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. Are there power management settings somewhere or something similar? I'm on xfce4. - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-10 Thread Xi Shen
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Xi Shen wrote: > thanks, i solved this problem without emerging the nvclock package. i > guess it is a group and permission issue. i have my accounts joined > these groups: disk wheel audio cdrom video usb users plugdev, and i > can change the lcd brightness with t

[gentoo-user] power management - no consolekit runtime support

2010-03-10 Thread Xi Shen
hi, my system is gentoo ~amd64, kde 4.4. in the system settings/power management/capabilities, it says 'consolekit was not found active on your pc'. but i do have consolekit started before i start X. how to fix this? -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-10 Thread Xi Shen
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Damian wrote: > I don't know if you have an nvidia card. I had the same problem: I was > only able to change the brightness from a text console. I solved the > problem by installing nvclock (now I no longer need sunglases). > > I hope that helps. > > thanks, i so

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-10 Thread Damian
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Xi Shen: >> hi, >> >> my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after >> some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can >> use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-09 Thread Xi Shen
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:33 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > Whats the name of the tool and what use flags are set? > It's most likely that you are going to need to re-emerge it, or some > component that it depends upon if it is part of gnome or kde, etc. > i have acpi, hal, apm, pmu, nvidia, lm_sensors,

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-05 Thread roundyz
Xi Shen wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Xi Shen wrote: >> > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:32 PM, ?? wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> fisrt see if proc and your kernel has it right, do: >> >> ??cat ??/proc/acpi/video/GFX0/DD02/brightness >> > >> echo "20"> /proc/acpi/video/VID1/LCD0/brightness can

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-04 Thread Xi Shen
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Xi Shen wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:32 PM,   wrote: >> Hi, >> fisrt see if proc and your kernel has it right, do: >>  cat  /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/DD02/brightness > echo "20"> /proc/acpi/video/VID1/LCD0/brightness can change the brightness of my lcd. but draggi

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-03-02 Thread Xi Shen
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:32 PM, wrote: > Hi, > fisrt see if proc and your kernel has it right, do: >  cat  /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/DD02/brightness i found a similar file at /proc/acpi/video/VID1/LCD0/brightness. i think they are the same :) > > should give something like > > levels:  13 25 38 50

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-02-28 Thread roundyz
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Xi Shen: >> > hi, >> > >> > my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after >> > some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can >> > use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change the brightness of my

Re: [gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-02-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Xi Shen: > hi, > > my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after > some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can > use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change the brightness of my lcd. but > when i tried to change the lcd br

[gentoo-user] power management cannot change LCD brightness

2010-02-27 Thread Xi Shen
hi, my system is gentoo amd64, kde 4.3. my laptop is thinkpad t61. after some configure in the kernel, and reboot with the new kernel, i can use the Fn+Home, and Fn+End to change the brightness of my lcd. but when i tried to change the lcd brightness by dragging the handle on the 'power management

Why does /sbin/rc not work when called from a script? (WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] Power management updates?)

2009-06-24 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 17:50, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 03:28:55 Mike Mazur wrote: >> Still one issue remains -- why are my RC states not automatically >> switched between default and battery even though my acpid setup is >> right and works (according to the log message

Re: [gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 03:28:55 Mike Mazur wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:44, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Monday 22 June 2009 15:56:47 Mike Mazur wrote: > >> > >> I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I > >> upgraded kernels over the last few months. This

Re: [gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-23 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:44, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 22 June 2009 15:56:47 Mike Mazur wrote: >> >> I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I >> upgraded kernels over the last few months. This past weekend I decided >> to crack down on this to see whether th

Re: [gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 June 2009 15:56:47 Mike Mazur wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I > upgraded kernels over the last few months. This past weekend I decided > to crack down on this to see whether they could be fixed. I visited > the Gentoo Power Managem

[gentoo-user] Power management updates?

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Mazur
Hello, I noticed some issues with the power management setup I had when I upgraded kernels over the last few months. This past weekend I decided to crack down on this to see whether they could be fixed. I visited the Gentoo Power Management Guide[1] again and re-traced the setup to verify my syste

RE: RESOLVED: RE: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
ginal Message- From: Nick Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:21 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: RESOLVED: RE: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:03 -0400, John Dangler wrote: > I looked around a little more a

Re: RESOLVED: RE: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread Nick Smith
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:03 -0400, John Dangler wrote: > I looked around a little more and found someone who had a box very similar > to mine and used the autoload settings from that article... All of the > applets are showing properly in gnome now! > > Thanks to you and Holly for the patient rep

RESOLVED: RE: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
o you and Holly for the patient replies on this. John D -Original Message- From: Renat Golubchyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:19 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:40:46 -040

Re: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:40:46 -0400 "John Dangler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I tell whether my laptop supports acpi or apm? > > I'm sorry to keep throwing this up right now, but lack of experience > begs more questions. I've found a lot of information about this box > (dell inspiron 8600

Re: [gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:40 -0400, John Dangler wrote: > How do I tell whether my laptop supports acpi or apm? > > I'm sorry to keep throwing this up right now, but lack of experience begs > more questions. I've found a lot of information about this box (dell > inspiron 8600) from googling, forum

[gentoo-user] power management on laptop

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
How do I tell whether my laptop supports acpi or apm? I'm sorry to keep throwing this up right now, but lack of experience begs more questions. I've found a lot of information about this box (dell inspiron 8600) from googling, forums, etc., but they seem to be split on whether this box uses acpi