8 messages, 6 authors, 2000-05-25 · open the first message on its own page
From: Sergio Brandano <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-23 18:59:12
Thank's a lot for making this package. Did you manage to contact Stephan? What about the apmd patch? On testing, I'm out of business for a while, as the baby is being visited by the doctor (faulty display). Sergio ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Michael Schmitz <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-23 18:09:41
Thank's a lot for making this package. Did you manage to contact Stephan? What about the apmd patch?
Just what I needed to get half way up to speed with Debian packaging again :-) I've not had an answer from Stephan but I didn't give him any heads-up either. The apmd patch seems to be included, it's enabled by the -a option to pmud as far as I could see. The fifo (/etc/power/apm) is created during installation, so all it should take is adding the -a to the PMUD_FLAGS definition in /etc/default/power. I need to document this :-)
On testing, I'm out of business for a while, as the baby is being visited by the doctor (faulty display).
Speedy recovery for the baby ... Michael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Stephan Leemburg <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-24 07:11:27
on 23-05-2000 20:09, Michael Schmitz at schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:
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Thank's a lot for making this package. Did you manage to contact Stephan? What about the apmd patch?
Yes, thanks! If you wish I can pull it to my source-tree and also distribute the debian package on every release...
Just what I needed to get half way up to speed with Debian packaging again :-) I've not had an answer from Stephan but I didn't give him any heads-up either. The apmd patch seems to be included, it's enabled by the -a option to pmud as far as I could see. The fifo (/etc/power/apm) is created during installation, so all it should take is adding the -a to the PMUD_FLAGS definition in /etc/default/power. I need to document this :-)
Yes, it's activated with the -a flag (see pmud --help for details). I need to modify the manuals and /etc/power/apm. You must have a modified apm program to use it however, as the 'standard' apm programs all read from /proc/apm and this path is usually compile time determined... -- Stephan
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On testing, I'm out of business for a while, as the baby is being visited by the doctor (faulty display).Speedy recovery for the baby ... Michael
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From: Joseph Garcia <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-24 07:31:23
Stephan Leemburg wrote:
Yes, it's activated with the -a flag (see pmud --help for details). I need to modify the manuals and /etc/power/apm. You must have a modified apm program to use it however, as the 'standard' apm programs all read from /proc/apm and this path is usually compile time determined...
I also found this kind of annoying. And as far as I can tell, APM doesn't show everything. This is why I wrote a plugin for GKrellM that, using PMUD, displays battery status in a window. Its almost as good as Batmon, but smaller. I know this works on Wallstreet, PDQ, and Lombard, and have untested code for other systems. If you already used GKrellM, this is something to try. And I still need testers for systems I don't have access to. Are there any other PMU-savvy monitors out there? Thanks. -- Joseph P. Garcia jpgarcia@execpc.com jpgarcia@lidar.ssec.wisc.edu CS Undergraduate Student Employee - Systems Programmer University of Wisconsin - Madison UW Lidar Group ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Michael Schmitz <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-24 09:18:48
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Thank's a lot for making this package. Did you manage to contact Stephan? What about the apmd patch?Yes, thanks! If you wish I can pull it to my source-tree and also distribute the debian package on every release...
That would make my job a lot easier. I still have some things to clean up though (what subsection of the distribution; it's currently in base but should rather go in admin like apmd; and the rc symlink generation) I'll probably best leave xmouse out of the package; a tool to read the mouse configuration via ADB on sleep and restore it on wakeup would be nice to have instead. Michael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Michael Schmitz <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-24 20:23:01
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Yes, thanks! If you wish I can pull it to my source-tree and also distribute the debian package on every release...That would make my job a lot easier. I still have some things to clean up though (what subsection of the distribution; it's currently in base but should rather go in admin like apmd; and the rc symlink generation)
OK, there's a new version of the package on my FTP site, it handles the rc symlinks itself now and has a pwrctl function added for the iBook and Pismo models. It would be good to see how that works in practice when pmud attempts to put the machine to sleep (due to low power). I force the display backlight to 0 (off) and the disk to shut down (hdparm -Y) which worked OK for me (took a few hda timeouts and such to recover from it). If there's any other components that can be shut down from user space please let me know (hdc would be another candidate if it's installed - is the Pismo media bay or iBook CDROM at hdc? I'll upload the package to unstable immediately. It won't go into potato anymore but that shouln't be too bad. If someone on debian-powerpc objects, please CC me, I'm not on that list yet. Michael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Michel D�nzer <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-25 12:04:26
Michael Schmitz wrote:
OK, there's a new version of the package on my FTP site, it handles the rc symlinks itself now and has a pwrctl function added for the iBook and Pismo models.
Thanks, will test it.
It would be good to see how that works in practice when pmud attempts to put the machine to sleep (due to low power).
When I tried to run snooze with the old version, it said 'function not implemented' or similar - is this related?
is the Pismo media bay or iBook CDROM at hdc?
The DVD-ROM in my Pismo is hde. Michel -- Here I am! Now what are your other two wishes? ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Michael Schmitz <hidden>
Date: 2000-05-25 20:25:36
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It would be good to see how that works in practice when pmud attempts to put the machine to sleep (due to low power).When I tried to run snooze with the old version, it said 'function not implemented' or similar - is this related?
That's the message. pmud tries to issue the sleep ioctl, which fails in the kernel and generates that message (or the message was generated by the pwrctl script, it's quiet now). If you want to experiment a bit, try snooze and see if the disk stays off until you force disk activity somehow. The screen should switch off as well but can be re-lighted by the brightness buttons so you see what you're typing. If the disk stays off, and the machine cools down sufficiently you may even attempt to close the lid (which will try a snooze as well). I can't tell if that's safe with the remaining amount of power consumption though. If the machine would get too hot with disk off and lid closed, we'll have to force a shutdown on these machines as soon as the lid is closed, to keep users from damaging their box.
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is the Pismo media bay or iBook CDROM at hdc?The DVD-ROM in my Pismo is hde.
OK, I'll add that to the sleep clause in the Core99 function. Michael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/