I was wondering how I could adjust the power settings of my laptop from the terminal so I can have just my screen shut off when the LCD is closed, but the laptop remains on. The reason being is because i'm running ubuntu server with no gui because my lcd/graphics card is starting to die, so i get co ...
I'm having some issues wih my laptop's LCD backlight turning off randomly. Before I send it out for warranty service I wanted to know if I could restore the power settings to default to make sure it's a hardware issue.Any help would be appreciated. ...
I as have some problem getting 9.10 working on by laptop if I use battery, as you maybe noticed :oops: As I also have windows 7 and it work fine am I guessing that the power saving in ubuntu is a little to harsh for my computer so I wonder how I edit these settings, the more advanced one since those ...
After I upgraded to Kubuntu-desktop by adding a new repository according to kubuntu.org, I realized that I can't see nor enter to Power Settings (Refresh Time on Batteries, Screen Power Admin, Battery % in order to suspend/hibernate, etc...) In the past, I was available to configure the power settin ...
I have a new HP Pavilion dv2000. In vista, I can select power settings (extend battery life, etc)I can't figure out how to in Ubuntu. I will be needing to bring my laptop around places, and I really don't want to use Vista. Any ideas? ...
New to this. Just did a full install of Xubuntu on a IBM Thinkpad T23. Install went well but I can't find a Battery Meter or my Power Settings for Mobile and Desktop. Can anyone give me some advice on how to do this. ...
My laptop can play demanding games with no problem. (I dual-boot and play games in windows 7 :P) And it isn't even an expensive one.But look the desktops. They take much more space and use much more power, but they don't work a lot quicker.First, look at the CPU. Even though a laptop CPU doesn't hav ...
power settings in Oneiric seem to be missing a Lot of options.you cant avoid hibernating/suspending anymore when you close the lid.this is really bad, specially when you are connected in AC power downloading updates or an ISO image and it stops the download and goes into sleep...also in the display ...
This might be a really simple question but when my laptop is running of the battery the screen goes fairly dark, i dont like this, iv changed the power settings to try and stop it (unticking the reduce backlight) but it doest do anything. Iv looked around and done a google search but just dont seam ...
Introduction:Power management/CPU scaling does not work out of the box on Ubuntu 9.04 (as of Aug 30, 2009). Luckily for us, Krists Krilovs (http://www.pow.za.net/about.html) has figured out how to enable power management on Gateway LT31xx. See here (http://www.pow.za.net/index.html) and here (http:/ ...
I don't understand this section of the laptop-mode settings:################################################## ############################## X display settings# ------------------## Using these settings, you can let laptop mode tools control the X display# standby timeouts.######################### ...
I have never posted here before; if it's inappropriate to ask this question here, I apologize and I hope someone will direct me accordingly.PROBLEMS SUMMARIZED:1. Administrative Accounts cannot access power settings.2. Screen goes dark after 1 minute, regardless of settings.3. Computer goes into hib ...
Make: Dell Inspiron 1720Howdy,I have a windows vista laptop that has started to have some odd behavior relating to power.When the laptop is plugged in (cord to wall) and the battery is in, the laptop will shut down within a few minutes. If the computer is running just off battery it will last until ...
i'm having problem with my laptop power switch first problem is that the switch is broken and i had to remove it and press the power button on the board every time i try to use it now 2nd problem is that when i try to power on it won't power up with just one click or sometimes i can't open it at all ...
How do I change the power settings in Natty? Such as when the monitor shuts off? ...
all, just made the switch from vista to Ubuntu 10.04. I'm very pleased with it so far. However there is one issue i would like help with. My laptop can usually run a full school day on low power settings in vista, I cannot find similar settings in Ubuntu. Is there any way I can go to a low performan ...
Having a handful of problems with my clean install of 9.10 that I wasn't having with 9.04. I'll post them separately so they can be addressed separately.My computer sleeps after 30 minutes or so and I can't make it stop. By sleeps I mean: screen black, hard-drive spun down, kicked off network; but m ...
Is there a way (through c++, MFC, etc.) to turn off the display? ex. Set up a gui for a user to click on a button that will instantly turn off the monitor?technically, how does the OS do it using a time interval in the Power Settings Control Panel?thanks!=========================Man S. Leeface2face ...
hii just installed lucid lynx everything is fine but when i want to set power settings for my laptop they just don't work.I don't want my screen to suspend when my display is inactive but it doesn't seem to get it.plus when i'm playing Quadrapassel the game runs very slowly although i had non of the ...
I want to change values of some power settings ( like to turn off the display after a given time, to set adaptive display to on, turn off HDD after some given time) but I can't find how. Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373163(VS.85).aspx[^], there are functions that read and write an ...
I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in "Networking." My example regards my Broadcom 4318 wireless G NIC on my Gateway MX7118 laptop, but my question applies to other devices, too.In Windows, "Device Manage" shows drivers, driver versions, and, when appropriate, gives oppor ...
Okay, so I decided to create a new topic for this discussion after all.I've been getting into this new Ubuntu 9.10 Moblin Remix with my Eeepc 1000H, and I'm curious to know that does there exist any method to log out current user without shutting down the laptop first? I really would like to have tw ...
all. I've recently upgraded to 7.10. I really like Ubuntu, think it rocks. I'm trying to tweak the power settings on my hp nc4010 laptop. It's got a Pentium M 1.7 and a gig of RAM. I want to stretch my battery life so I want to tweak settings like the dimming on battery power and CPU frequency. I've ...
L10 laptop - power status incorrectSorry if this is cross posting, please excuse my wanderings as I do tend to get lost in the forums. I posted this originally in Laptop Support but no one posted a reply, so I removed the post and brought it here. Hope this is the right place.I have just installed U ...
I am currently using Gnome on an Averatec laptop, and I am not happy with the power management tools (actually, with the lack of them). Can KDE offer something better in regard to suspend to ram when you close the lid, hibernate after a set amount of time, etc.? The only thing that I still miss from ...
- I have a Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-V505AX) with an almost worthless battery. Under Windows, Sony included a program called PowerPanel by Phoenix Technologies that allows me to set up fairly aggressive power management settings. Using this program I am able to get almost two hours of battery life. The ...
There were posts for "Best laptop power management package" and " Power options in KDE " for Edgy but I don't have a solution yet. I am using Kubuntu 7.04.I have HP nx6110 laptop, I tried Guidance, Klaptop and KPowersave and each has a problem. Only Klaptop detects the power/batt ...
I have Edgy running on a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and for the most part everything works fine.The problem I have is with the power settings. I have set it so that when I close the lid it should "do nothing" but whenever the lid is shut it logs me off and takes me back to the login screen. ...
I have a problem monitoring my battery power when using my laptop as a thin client. I have an AMD64 desktop with Ubuntu 6.06 in which I allowed remote login. When my girlfriend is using the computer I simply grab my Dell D610 laptop and login to the desktop with a remote X/Gnome session. This works ...