On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:56:17PM +0200, Kiko Piris wrote: > On 15/09/2004 at 20:04 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > > > IMHO laptop-mode is a dynamic option that must adapt to changing conditions. > > This can only be done in conjunction with a power management daemon. > > You're right. > > > Anything else doesn't make much sense. > > Nope, this is not true (at least for me :-). Matthias _is_ right, you need a power management daemon to tell laptop_mode when it turn it on or not. Laptop_mode is _no_ daemon that checks for ac power or not periodically. Your case with LAPTOP_MODE_ALWAYS_ON is special. > I use laptop-mode on my iBook and I "start" it with a /etc/init.d > script. > > I want it running *all the time* (regardless if I'm on battery or on AC > adapter) because I use it to lower a bit the temperature of the hard > disk. But it decreases the lifetime of your hard disks servos due to frequent spin ups and spin downs. > So, I don't want any daemon of any kind to play with my laptop-mode > settings. There's no other sensible way, you can always delete the script that handles laptop mode from pbbuttonsd, it won't reappear on upgrades since it's a conf file. Cheers, -- Guido
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