laptop-mode doesn't start automatically
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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laptop-mode (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
With a fresh* install of Ubuntu Hoary PPC on this PowerBook G3 Series ("PDQ" /
"Wallstreet"), I noticed the hard drive does not spin down or otherwise conserve
power. The file etc/default/
ENABLE_
and type "sudo laptop-mode start" at which time the hard drive behaves as I
expect. I have not found a way to tell whether laptop mode is already in effect
except by listening to and touching the hot keyboard.
*In case it matters there seems to be no way to install Hoary directly on this
oldworld PowerBook -- I cannot get the Hoary installer to finish. So I installed
Warty and performed an immediate upgrade to Hoary. I mention that in case it
affects how the scripts were installed. I went into Synaptic and removed all the
residual configs so I can see as close as possible what the config directories
look like in Hoary. Somewhere I have a list of things I had to overcome during
the install (in one of the forums) but I have not opened a bug for oldworld
installation trouble.
I am quoting a posting in a discussion thread at ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?p=274702# post274702
http://
Bart Samwell wrote (in that thread):
Hi there,
I'm the author of Laptop Mode Tools and the maintainer of the Debian package
laptop-mode-tools. I've just found out about the existence of the Ubunto
laptop-mode package and have done some research. Here's what I've found.
The Ubuntu laptop-mode package predates the laptop-mode-tools package, and it is laptop- mode support.
based on the script that laptop mode tools forked off of about a year ago. This
old script was maintained mostly by me in the kernel documentation, and I forked
and abandoned it a year ago because of the patching hassle (every change had to
go through Linus) and the installation hassle (it was a script embedded in the
documentation). I've checked the laptop-mode package, and it seems to be mostly
a verbatim packaging of that script, except for the addition of
/etc/default/
I guess you'd currently be better off running laptop-mode-tools instead, as it
represents a year's worth of improvements and bugfixes, and has an actual config
file, manpages, and an online FAQ. Whatever you do, you want to install either
laptop-mode-tools or laptop-mode, but not both, because they will probably
interfere with eachother. I'm talking to the maintainer of the laptop-mode
package to resolve this confusing mess.
(If you have any further questions, mail me, because I won't be following the
discussion.)
--Bart