[intrepid] laptop-mode-tools needs to change its default settings to match acpi-support and add hooks for pm-utils
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laptop-mode-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools
Currently acpi-support is running laptop-mode incorrectly. First of all it executes laptop-mode with start and stop commands directly, which interferes with settings users have in /etc/laptop-
Please keep in mind, that acpi-support applies these settings only when laptop-mode is enabled, so it is natural for laptop-mode to handle these settings by itself, which it is better at, that is. To do this I propose these steps:
1) Change default laptop-mode settings to match those of acpi-support: this way users without custom configs won't notice any difference.
2) Since pm-utils is handling power states and hibernate/
3) Change acpi-support not to interfere with laptop-mode, since now it is handled by pm-utils
The attached debdiff does steps 1 and 2. For step 3 I will be filing acpi-support bug-report.
I just wondered what part of the software of an 'avarage/ standard' Ubuntu installation triggers disk acess somwhere in between 30 and 90 seconds?
In case that there is no other foreground activity (e.g. the user is away and the screensaver blanked the display) an apporoach delaying non urgent disk acess would _vastly_ diminish energy consumption.