Comment 10 for bug 250938

Hmm, laptop-mode-tools still doesn't work properly.... the logic to control laptop-mode from ACPI-support has been removed, but the logic within the laptop-mode-tools package itself has not been fixed.
Note the following line in the changelog: "- usr/sbin/laptop_mode: Do not parse arguments, ignore "force" and let start/stop mean enable/disable."

laptop-mode-tools (1.45-1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Tormod Volden ]
  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #255446), remaining changes:
    - etc/init.d/laptop-mode: Check if laptop mode is disabled in
      /etc/default/laptop-mode (that's the file laptop_mode looks into, too,
      but it incorrectly evaluates the ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE setting) as well
      as in /etc/default/acpi-support.
    - usr/sbin/laptop_mode: Do not parse arguments, ignore "force" and
      let start/stop mean enable/disable.
    - /usr/sbin/laptop_mode: Do not read $ACTIVATE_WITH_POSSIBLE_DATA_LOSS
      from /var/run/laptop-mode-state to see if state has changed.
    - debian/rules: Do not ship acpi/apm scripts (we handle that ourselves)
    - debian/laptop-mode-tools.preinst: Remove any old acpi/apm scripts
    - debian/laptop-mode-tools.postinst: Create /etc/default/laptop-mode
      (with ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=false) if the file does not exist yet and we
      are on ppc.
    - Also accept "stop" as second argument since the init script
      calls laptop_mode with "init stop"

  [ Alexey Borzenkov ]
  * Change default settings to match acpi-support (LP: #250935)
    - etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf: change default spindown time and
      power management modes
  * Add pm-utils hooks to ensure laptop-mode is running as expected after
    power change or thaw/resume
    - power.d/laptop-mode: runs laptop-mode on power change
    - sleep.d/96laptop-mode: runs laptop-mode on thaw/resume

 -- Tormod Volden <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:06:08 +0200