[laptop-mode] script with powertop suggestions

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Wed Sep 9 03:28:12 CEST 2009


uastasi wrote:
> I've written a script containing some powertop suggestions to save
> power when on battery.
> I've placed it into /etc/laptop-mode/batt-start and made it executable
> but it doesn't seem to perform any action, since powertop still
> suggests me to perform those commands.
> There's something missing but I don't figure out what.
> Cheers,
> Giorgio
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On my system, powertop just cycles through all the tips it has, with no 
regard to the state when it was started. Pressing the appropriate key 
disables a tip, but I think it just doesn't check if some of the 
conditions may already be met.


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