Comment 4 for bug 532431

here you go - still nothing:

# grep VERBOSE /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf
VERBOSE_OUTPUT=1
# /etc/init.d/laptop-mode status
# /etc/init.d/laptop-mode restart

but, looking into the init.d script above, it starts with:

# Check that laptop-mode is enabled
if [ -f /etc/default/laptop-mode ]; then
       . /etc/default/laptop-mode;
fi

hm, I don't have such a file - should it have come from the package?

looking on:

# FIXME: this shouldn't be configured there
if [ -f /etc/default/acpi-support ]; then
       . /etc/default/acpi-support;
fi

I have this file, but here, laptop mode is disabled:

# grep ENABLE /etc/default/acpi-support
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=false

this file comes from the acpi-support package. I removed it, actually had to purge it so that the this config file is removed. now I get:

# /etc/init.d/laptop-mode status
Laptop mode status:

Mounts:
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-05 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
   proc on /proc type proc (rw)
   none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
   none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
   none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
   none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
   udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
   none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
   none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
   none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
   none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
   none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-01 on /mnt/windows type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-02 on /mnt/recovery type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
   binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
   gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/maroy/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=maroy)

Drive power status:

   /dev/sda:
    drive state is: active/idle

   /dev/sdb:
    drive state is: active/idle

   /dev/sdc:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-0:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-01:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-02:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-03:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-05:
    drive state is: unknown

   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-06:
    drive state is: unknown

(NOTE: drive settings affected by Laptop Mode cannot be retrieved.)

Readahead states:
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-05: 128 kB
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-01: 128 kB
   /dev/mapper/isw_cdfcbdcfed_RAID-02: 128 kB

Laptop Mode Tools is NOT allowed to run: /var/run/laptop-mode-tools/enabled does not exist.

/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode:
   0

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio:
   20

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio:
   10

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs:
   3000

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs:
   500

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq:
   1600000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq:
   933000

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_governor:
   ondemand

/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state:
   state: open

/proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state:
   state: on-line

/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:
   present: yes
   capacity state: ok
   charging state: charged
   present rate: 0 mA
   remaining capacity: 4768 mAh
   present voltage: 12447 mV

/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state:
   present: no

/sys/class/power_supply/ACAD/online:
   1

# /etc/init.d/laptop-mode restart
 * Disabling laptop mode... [ OK ]
 * Enabling laptop mode... [ OK ]

and now I get:

# cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
2

so the question is, why is acpi-support sabotaging laptop mode? or, actually the init script itself says:

# FIXME: this shouldn't be configured there
if [ -f /etc/default/acpi-support ]; then
       . /etc/default/acpi-support;
fi