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Laptop mode opensuse
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:29 pm
by amwus
Hi !
Has anybody succeeded in installing laptop-mode on open suse to spin down the hard drive ? I don't know how to do it... It was easier on ubuntu
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:26 pm
by mdtaylor69
According to Thinkwiki, laptop-mode should not be used on opensuse as it is already configured in /etc/sysconfig/powermanagement. You can see it in /etc/sysconfig Editor in Yast.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Laptop-mode
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:46 am
by amwus
And does it work for you ? Does your hard drive spin down ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:06 pm
by mdtaylor69
I have not tried to use it since I mostly run Oracle databases on my Thinkpad, and have a very quiet 7k200 Hitachi drive installed. The stock drive that Windows XP came on is pretty noisy, and would be easy to tell if it was not being accessed.
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:19 am
by amwus
Well i did not know that changing your hard drive could make your computer quiter ! I should try !