Package: laptop-mode-tools
Version: 1.27-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hello,

When laptop-mode is activated and battery power is plentiful,
laptop-mode disables write caching regardless of the settings in the
configuration file.  The following patch fixes the problem.

Thanks,
        Ken

--- /usr/sbin/laptop_mode       2006-02-19 10:10:02.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/sbin/laptop_mode       2006-02-19 10:09:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -1239,10 +1239,12 @@
 if [ $CONTROL_HD_WRITECACHE -eq 1 ] ; then
        # The writecache may only be enabled when data-loss sensitive
        # features are active.
-       if [ "$ACTIVATE_WITH_POSSIBLE_DATA_LOSS" -eq 0 ] ; then
-               HD_WRITECACHE=0 
-       elif [ "$ACTIVATE" -eq 1 ] ; then
-               HD_WRITECACHE=$LM_HD_WRITECACHE
+       if [ "$ACTIVATE" -eq 1 ] ; then
+               if [ "$ACTIVATE_WITH_POSSIBLE_DATA_LOSS" -eq 0 ] ; then
+                       HD_WRITECACHE=0 
+               else
+                       HD_WRITECACHE=$LM_HD_WRITECACHE
+               fi
        else
                if [ $ON_AC -eq 1 ] ; then
                        HD_WRITECACHE=$NOLM_AC_HD_WRITECACHE

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

laptop-mode-tools depends on no packages.

Versions of packages laptop-mode-tools recommends:
ii  acpid                         1.0.4-5    Utilities for using ACPI power man
ii  apmd                          3.2.2-5    Utilities for Advanced Power Manag
ii  hdparm                        6.3-3      tune hard disk parameters for high
ii  sdparm                        0.96-1     Output and modify SCSI device para

-- no debconf information

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