From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKiyv-0005nH-3U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0AEC1E006D; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D20E006D for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stork.gentoo.org (stork.gentoo.org [64.127.104.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4705E6639A for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmorph by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JKiyr-0007vC-SW for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:05 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: power-management-guide.xml Message-Id: From: Joshua Saddler Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:38:05 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 408e5fb8-2407-4097-a94e-af2c5c9d3096 X-Archives-Hash: 5c0caa972df0be835c897e20ad00ca5d nightmorph 08/01/31 23:38:05 Modified: power-management-guide.xml Log: bring it a little more up to date. punt outdated Xfree86 references. ibm_acpi is now known as thinkpad_acpi. for xorg.conf, DPMS is no longer a boolean variable, and screen blank settings have been moved to a different section. Revision Changes Path 1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml?rev=1.35&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml?r1=1.34&r2=1.35 Index: power-management-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- power-management-guide.xml 21 Jan 2008 12:15:56 -0000 1.34 +++ power-management-guide.xml 31 Jan 2008 23:38:05 -0000 1.35 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + Power Management Guide @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ -1.38 -2008-01-21 +1.39 +2008-01-31 Introduction @@ -824,14 +824,12 @@ /etc/X11/xorg.conf similar to this:

-
-Section "ServerLayout"
-  Identifier  [...]
-  [...]
-  Option  "BlankTime"  "5"  # Blank the screen after 5 minutes (Fake)
-  Option  "StandbyTime"  "10"  # Turn off screen after 10 minutes (DPMS)
-  Option  "SuspendTime"  "20"  # Full suspend after 20 minutes
-  Option  "OffTime"  "30"  # Turn off after half an hour
+
+Section "ServerFlags"
+  Option  "blank time"  "5"  # Blank the screen after 5 minutes (Fake)
+  Option  "standby time"  "10"  # Turn off screen after 10 minutes (DPMS)
+  Option  "suspend time"  "20"  # Full suspend after 20 minutes
+  Option  "off time"  "30"  # Turn off after half an hour
   [...]
 EndSection
 
@@ -839,15 +837,11 @@
 
 Section "Monitor"
   Identifier  [...]
-  Option  "DPMS"  "true"
+  Option  "DPMS"
   [...]
 EndSection
 

 
-

-This is the same for XFree86 and /etc/X11/XF86Config.
-

-
 
 
 

@@ -860,27 +854,27 @@
 battery mode and place it in your battery runlevel. The following script
 should work on most IBM Thinkpads and Toshiba laptops. You've got to enable the
 appropriate option in your kernel (IBM Thinkpads only). For Toshiba laptops,
-install sys-power/acpitool and skip configuration of ibm_acpi as
-described below.
+install sys-power/acpitool and skip configuration of thinkpad_acpi
+(formerly called ibm_acpi) as described below.
 

 
 
-Support for setting brightness is marked experimental in ibm-acpi. It accesses
+Support for setting brightness is marked experimental in thinkpad_acpi. It accesses
 hardware directly and may cause severe harm to your system. Please read the
-ibm-acpi website
+thinkpad_acpi website
 
 
 

-To be able to set the brightness level, the ibm_acpi module has to be loaded
+To be able to set the brightness level, the thinkpad_acpi module has to be loaded
 with the experimental parameter.
 

 
-
+
 (Please read the warnings above before doing this!)
-# echo "options ibm_acpi experimental=1" >> /etc/modules.d/ibm_acpi
+# echo "options thinkpad_acpi experimental=1" >> /etc/modules.d/thinkpad_acpi
 # /sbin/update-modules
-# echo ibm_acpi >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
-# modprobe ibm_acpi
+# echo thinkpad_acpi >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
+# modprobe thinkpad_acpi
 

 
 

@@ -892,7 +886,7 @@
 
 
 # See /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness for available values
-# Please read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
+# Please read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
 
 # brightness level in ac mode. Default is 7.
 BRIGHTNESS_AC=7
@@ -924,7 +918,7 @@
         eend $?
     else
         ewarn "Setting LCD brightness is not supported."
-        ewarn "For IBM Thinkpads, check that ibm_acpi is loaded into the kernel"
+        ewarn "For IBM Thinkpads, check that thinkpad_acpi is loaded into the kernel"
         ewarn "For Toshiba laptops, you've got to install sys-power/acpitool"
     fi
 }



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