On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:38:28 -0400, Brian Kendig wrote: > I'm using FC2 on my laptop, and ACPI appears to be working, but the > default installation doesn't configure it to do anything interesting. > /etc/acpi/events only contains a script to shut it down when I press > the power button, and that works fine, but I want it to turn off the > screen if it's idle for a period of time, or suspend the laptop if it's > idle for a longer period or if the lid is closed. > > Is there any simple way to install more ACPI functionality? An rpm > that will add more /etc/acpi scripts, for example? Or is there any way > to configure power management behavior through the Gnome front-end? > I don't know of any rpm, but here are some example scripts: http://www.littleredbat.net/~mk/vaio.html > Also, how can I get a battery level indicator to appear in the panel? Right click on the panel -> Add to panel -> Utility -> Battery charge monitor.
