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psyspy80

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From: London

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 21

which packages for (IBM X31) laptop?

Hi guys,

i have arch installed on my ibm x31 laptop and need to install laptop-related features. i have read some entries on the wiki but it is confusing as some of them seem to recommend different utilities for similar jobs.

i have found out about acpid, pm-utils, cpufrequtils, speedstep-ich, powernowd, laptop-mode-tools, lapsus, nvram, tpb, tphdisk...oh my god!

i mean, who still has a clue what is needed and how to configure it?

which are obsolete packages?
what should i install in my case? please also consider that i have a thinkpad laptop when you give your recommendations.

thanks a lot, i know you will help

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,110

Re: which packages for (IBM X31) laptop?

I run arch on a T21 thinkpad which is a tad slower and older than your x31 but the keyboard layout looks almost the same.  I just use acpi and the acpid daemon is launched by hal in my case.  For frequency scaling I use cpudyn and not powernowd as a daemon. Check this post: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39400

And this post is pretty much what I do for the thinkpad Fn+ keys to work: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45710
He also metions about nvram which never did a thing for me either.

I tried out tpb but it didn't do anything special that I could see or use.

I don't use laptop-mode-tools on my thinkpad.  Just never seemed to need it.  Your mileage may vary as thinkpads seem to work differently for everyone.  Just do a forum search on thinkpads and you'll see what I mean.

This site: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki  may give you some general info as well--if you haven't already seen it.

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loosec

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Registered: 2007-03-08

Posts: 134

Re: which packages for (IBM X31) laptop?

I'm on an X31 but I haven't really bothered with acpi or suspend. Great laptop for linux thou.

venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 996

Re: which packages for (IBM X31) laptop?

are you able to play flash well? my hulu is very jeky

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