Ubuntu
laptop-mode-tools package

  1. Bug #638307
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 638307

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Ritesh Raj Sarraf (rrs) wrote : Re: [Bug 638307] Re: pm-utils Conflicts with laptop-mode-tools, so installing laptop-mode-tools breaks suspend

On 03/17/2011 10:14 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Closing natty task of pm-utils. The pm-utils side of this is to remove
> the Conflicts to l-m-t once l-m-t drops the conflicting power management
> hooks. So this is blocked on l-m-t.
 There's only one hook that we install in pm-utils. And that was to
trigger lmt on resume with the help of pm-utils.
With 1.57, I've already dropped that reliance on pm-utils (and also
acpid). The pm-utils hook is still shipped and depending on what
infrastructure is available (pm-utils/acpid/kernel events), we trigger
lmt (with proper locking and not triggering the same again).

Whether to use lmt or not is a choice you and your users should make.
Same goes in Debian too. I have no plans to re-open that bug (612710).
lmt has been around for quite some time and is very customizable. I
didn't like the idea of putting a Conflicts on lmt. Both do similar jobs
but in different ways.
pm-utils assumes a user is dumb so shouldn't customize anything. We go
with sane defaults but leave it to the user to change as he/she wants.

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