Some help for a newbie (ubuntu)...power management

[tincbtrar]

Hi everyone!

Im looking for some help developing my ubuntu system. Im realtively new to linux....but I would like to learn how to...

-Undervolt my system.
-Fan control....like in windows.
-Hard drive control - power management.
-Any power management utilities would help...i tried tinkering with ibm_acpi but it keeps saying "Permission denied"

Basically I use my laptop all the time these days...and im always on the go. I have tried reading some of the topics at thinkWiki but my newbness (is this a word) makes it confusing to apply. Here are my specs

Thinkpad T43 1.86 GHZ
Ubuntu Dapper Flight 6 Kernel 2.6.15.20-686
Xgl/Compiz/Gnome

Many thanks in advance,
Brian

[yossarian]

Maybe you should familiarise yourself with linux first then so that the thinkwiki docs make sense to you [because they're actually pretty good].

Btw, regarding ibm_acpi, if you are getting "Permission denied" you might want to try:
sudo su
that will put you in a root shell, and then try ibm_acpi again. Beware root = admin though so you should take care on what commands you issue so as to not screw up system.

[tincbtrar]

Yes...you are right. Im still trying to learn the basics of Linux. I will try to get things running.

Brian.