for enabling kernel side laptop_mode responsible laptop-mode-tools which is
installed by default and
laptop mode will automatically be started when you're on battery.
To configure laptop mode, you need to edit the configuration file, which is
located in /etc/default/laptop-mode on Debian-based systems, or in
/etc/sysconfig/laptop-mode on other systems.
Unfortunately, automatic enabling of laptop mode does not work for
laptops that don't have ACPI. On those laptops, you need to start laptop
mode manually. To start laptop mode, run "laptop_mode start", and to
stop it, run "laptop_mode stop". (Note: The laptop mode tools package now
has experimental support for APM, you might want to try that first.)
Caveats
-------
* The downside of laptop mode is that you have a chance of losing up to 10
minutes of work. If you cannot afford this, don't use it! The supplied ACPI
scripts automatically turn off laptop mode when the battery almost runs out,
so that you won't lose any data at the end of your battery life.
* Most desktop hard drives have a very limited lifetime measured in spindown
cycles, typically about 50.000 times (it's usually listed on the spec sheet).
Check your drive's rating, and don't wear down your drive's lifetime if you
don't need to.
* If you mount some of your ext3/reiserfs filesystems with the -n option, then
the control script will not be able to remount them correctly. You must set
DO_REMOUNTS=0 in the control script, otherwise it will remount them with the
wrong options -- or it will fail because it cannot write to /etc/mtab.
* If you have your filesystems listed as type "auto" in fstab, like I did, then
the control script will not recognize them as filesystems that need
remounting.
You must list the filesystems with their true type instead.
* It has been reported that some versions of the mutt mail client use file
access
times to determine whether a folder contains new mail. If you use mutt and
experience this, you must disable the noatime remounting by setting the option
DO_REMOUNT_NOATIME to 0 in the configuration file.
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New => Invalid
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powertop says that I should enable laptop_mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117733
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