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A.I. BOT

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Registered: 2007-04-01

Posts: 88

kpowersave & powersave ...

I am trying to set up my computer so when I close my lid, the screenshuts off, when I open my lid, xscreensaver comes up and asks me for a password ... just like I had when I was on Ubuntu. Someone suggested kpowersave.

When I try to install powersave I get:

sudo pacman -S powersave
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: cpufrequtils-002-1  vbetool-0.7-1  powersave-0.14.0-4 

Total Package Size:   0.45 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
powersave: /usr/bin/on_ac_power exists in filesystem

errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

carrouf

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Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 34

Re: kpowersave & powersave ...

I had this problem too. I solved it renaming the on_ac_power file in /usr/bin directory. I really don't know if it is the best solution, but it worked for me.

Last edited by carrouf (2007-05-21 22:01:31)

IsSuE

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Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 309

Re: kpowersave & powersave ...

pacman -Syf powersave should also do the trick

A.I. BOT

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Registered: 2007-04-01

Posts: 88

Re: kpowersave & powersave ...

Ah OK that fixed it but I went with another method instead. I modified a lid.sh script I found to do what I wanted (shut backlight off, shut screen off, lock the screen with xscreensaver).

#!/bin/sh

LIDSTATE='/var/log/acpi-lidstate'
user=`who| grep " :0" | awk '{print $1}'`
export XAUTHORITY=/home/$user/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=:0

grep -q closed /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
    xscreensaver-command -throttle
    xscreensaver-command -lock
    xset dpms force off
    echo `fgconsole` > $LIDSTATE
else
    xscreensaver-command -unthrottle
    chvt `cat $LIDSTATE`
fi