RE: Configuring ACPI to do useful things?

From: Gawrysiak, Piotr (GILW) (Piotr.Gawrysiak_at_fao.org)
Date: 05/31/04

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    In KDE you have klaptop (included in FC2) which allows you to configure some
    ACPI actions (lid, power, standby, suspend, battery monitoring, cpu
    throttling etc.)

    Piotr Gawrysiak

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    Subject: Re: Configuring ACPI to do useful things?

    On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:38:28 -0400, Brian Kendig wrote:

    > I'm using FC2 on my laptop, and ACPI appears to be working, but the
    > default installation doesn't configure it to do anything interesting.
    > /etc/acpi/events only contains a script to shut it down when I press
    > the power button, and that works fine, but I want it to turn off the
    > screen if it's idle for a period of time, or suspend the laptop if it's
    > idle for a longer period or if the lid is closed.
    >
    > Is there any simple way to install more ACPI functionality? An rpm
    > that will add more /etc/acpi scripts, for example? Or is there any way
    > to configure power management behavior through the Gnome front-end?
    >

    I don't know of any rpm, but here are some example scripts:
    http://www.littleredbat.net/~mk/vaio.html

    > Also, how can I get a battery level indicator to appear in the panel?

    Right click on the panel -> Add to panel -> Utility -> Battery charge
    monitor. 

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