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NAME

       /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf - Configuration file for laptop-mode-tools.

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  the options that can be set in the /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-
       mode.conf configuration file and in the modular configuration files  in  the  /etc/laptop-
       mode/conf.d  directory. For a description of what laptop mode does, see the laptop_mode(8)
       manual page.

SETTINGS

       The syntax of options is OPTION=value. There are  some  groups  of  options  that  specify
       values  depending on power state and laptop mode is enabled. These use the prefix "LM_" to
       indicate that a value is used only when laptop mode is enabled, "NOLM_"  to  indicate  the
       opposite,  "AC_"  to  indicate  that a value is used only when the system is running on AC
       power, and "BATT_" to indicate that a value is used only when the  system  is  running  on
       batteries. Settings are prefixed with a combination of an optional LM_/NOLM_ prefix and an
       optional AC_/BATT_. For instance, the combination LM_AC_ means  "when  the  system  is  in
       laptop   mode   and   on   AC   power".   (Note   that  this  situation  happens  only  if
       ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ALWAYS is enabled!)  If  one  of  the  prefixes  (either  LM_/NOLM_  or
       AC_/BATT_) is missing, then the value is used independently of the state of laptop mode or
       AC power, respectively. Options that start  with  "CONTROL_"  are  boolean  settings  that
       determine whether laptop mode tools is allowed to control a certain aspect of your system.
       Boolean settings always expect "0" to indicate the false (negative/no/disabled) value, and
       "1" to indicate the true (positive/yes/enabled) value.

       The following sections list the settings that are available in laptop-mode.conf and in the
       modular configuration files.

       Note:  Many  settings  were  moved  from  the  main  configuration  file  to  the  modular
       configuration files. The settings here are split out by modular configuration file, but in
       installations upgraded from version 1.36 or earlier they  may  appear  in  both.  In  such
       cases,  the  configuration  settings  in the main configuration file override those in the
       modular configuration files. To avoid confusion, it is advised to move the  settings  from
       the  main  configuration  files  to the modular configuration files when this situation is
       detected.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/board-specific/
       The board-specific settings framework is for users and distributors who would like to ship
       their local customized settings on top of the default settings shipped upstream.

       Add local customized settings under this folder to override the system defaults.

   /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf
       This  is the main configuration file. It contains the settings for enabling and disabling,
       plus the core features: the Linux kernel laptop mode feature and related settings.

       ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_TOOLS
                 This module determines if laptop-mode-tools should be run or not. Default  is  1
                 Set it to 0 if you would like to completely disable laptop-mode-tools

       VERBOSE_OUTPUT
                 Set  this  to  1  if  you want to see a lot of output when you start/stop laptop
                 mode, and to 0 if you don't want this. Useful for debugging purposes.

       LOG_TO_SYSLOG
                 Set this to 1 if you want to log messages to syslog when you  start/stop  laptop
                 mode, and to 0 if you don't want this. Useful for debugging purposes.

       DEBUG     Set  this  to  1  if you would like to execute the entire laptop-mode program in
                 debug mode. WARNING: This will create a lot of text output. If you are debugging
                 an  individual  module,  perhaps  you  would want to enable each module specific
                 debug mode (available in module conf files)

       ENABLE_AUTO_MODULES
                 Set this to 1 to enable all laptop mode tools modules that are termed safe to be
                 enabled  and  are  marked auto.  With this option alone, you can enable all auto
                 modules. Incase you need to fine-control the behavior of individual modules, you
                 can modify them accordingly. Default is 1

       ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_BATTERY

       ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_AC
                 These  options determine whether laptop mode will be activated when the computer
                 is on battery or on AC power, respectively. Note  that  if  the  system  service
                 laptop-mode is not started, then laptop mode will never be started, even if this
                 option is enabled.

       ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode will be activated when the laptop's lid
                 is  closed,  even  if  the  system is not working on batteries. Note that if the
                 system service laptop-mode is not  started,  then  laptop  mode  will  never  be
                 started,  even  if  this  option  is enabled.  This feature is only supported on
                 ACPI.

       MINIMUM_BATTERY_CHARGE_PERCENT
                 The minimum number of battery minutes, charge (in mAh) or charge (in  mWh)  that
                 you  want to have available while your laptop is in laptop mode. When the number
                 of minutes/mAhs/mWhs goes below this value, the data loss sensitive features are
                 automatically disabled. Note that some batteries do not report a discharge rate,
                 which means that MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES has  no  effect  for  these  batteries.
                 These options are only supported on ACPI.

       DISABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_CRITICAL_BATTERY_LEVEL
                 If  this  option is enabled, the data loss sensitive features of laptop mode are
                 disabled when the battery reports its state as "critical". This option  is  only
                 supported on ACPI.

       DISABLE_BATTERY_ALARM_CHECK
                 If  this  option is enabled, the alarm values are ignored from the battery. This
                 is helpful if you have a broken battery which is reporting false alarms.

       HD        The hard drives which laptop mode should operate upon. If you have multiple hard
                 drives,  you  should  list  them  all  in  this option, separated by spaces, for
                 example: "/dev/hda /dev/hdb".

       PARTITIONS
                 This option specifies the partitions or mount points  that  laptop  mode  should
                 operate upon. Separate the partitions or mount points by spaces. You can include
                 the entry "auto" to stand for the partitions on the hard drives specified in the
                 HD option.

       LM_BATT_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS

       LM_AC_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS
                 The  maximum  number  of seconds worth of data that you can lose when power runs
                 out or when the computer crashes. This is the maximum  number  of  seconds  that
                 laptop  mode  will  keep  modified data in memory without being written to disk.
                 (Note that the NOLM value is missing: modifying this value when laptop  mode  is
                 disabled  is  extremely  useless,  as it won't save you any power, and will only
                 lose you work.)

       CONTROL_READAHEAD
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode tools controls  the  readahead  on  the
                 filesystems it works upon.

       LM_READAHEAD

       NOLM_READAHEAD
                 The  number of kilobytes to "read ahead" on your hard disks. Reading ahead means
                 that whenever some data is read from disk, the data which is most likely  to  be
                 accessed next is read as well, ahead of time. This then saves a hard disk spinup
                 when the data is actually needed, because the data is then  already  in  memory.
                 Don't  set  this value too high, because the readahead applies to all files that
                 are read!

       CONTROL_NOATIME
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode tools places the  "noatime"  option  in
                 the  mount  options  of your filesystems when laptop mode is active. This option
                 has the effect of disabling access time logging on files, which  may  save  some
                 disk  activity.  If  you  use programs that depend on access times (e.g., mutt),
                 then you should disable this option, or enable the USE_RELATIME option.

       USE_RELATIME
                 When this option is enabled together with  the  CONTROL_NOATIME  option,  laptop
                 mode  tools  will  use  the  relatime option instead of the noatime option. This
                 option works for more applications, and still causes relatively  low  levels  of
                 disk  writes.   Note  that this functionality is only available in recent kernel
                 versions, and laptop mode tools will ignore  this  setting  for  kernels  before
                 2.6.23.

       CONTROL_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT
                 When  this  option  is enabled, laptop mode tools adjusts your hard drives' idle
                 timeouts, i.e., the time of inactivity before they spin down.

       LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS

       LM_BATT_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS

       NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
                 These settings control the idle timeout for your hard  drives.  The  values  are
                 specified  in seconds.  Values up to 20 minutes can be represented accurately by
                 the hardware, anything above that is rounded down to  half-hour  precision.  Use
                 the value 0 to disable idle timeout.

       CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT
                 When  this  option is enabled, laptop mode tools adjusts your hard drives' power
                 management settings.

       BATT_HD_POWERMGMT

       LM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT

       NOLM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT
                 These values specify the power management level for your hard drives.  The legal
                 values  for  these  options  can  be  found in the hdparm(8) manual page, in the
                 documentation of the -B option.

       CONTROL_HD_WRITECACHE
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode tools controls your hard drives'  write
                 cache settings.

       NOLM_AC_HD_WRITECACHE

       NOLM_BATT_HD_WRITECACHE

       LM_HD_WRITECACHE
                 These  options  specify whether the write caches should be enabled for your hard
                 drives.

       CONTROL_SYSLOG_CONF (deprecated)
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode tools controls  /etc/syslog.conf  as  a
                 symlink.  This  option  is deprecated. Use the configuration-file-control module
                 instead, which is configured in the  /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/configuration-file-
                 control.conf module configuration file.

   Advanced laptop-mode.conf options
       These  options normally do not need to be modified from their default values. Do not tweak
       these settings unless you know what you are doing.

       ASSUME_SCSI_IS_SATA
                 This option, enabled by default, tells laptop mode tools to assume that a device
                 /dev/sdX  is  a  SATA  device, and that it should be controlled using hdparm. If
                 your /dev/sdX drives are really SCSI drives, disable this option.

       ACPI_WITHOUT_AC_EVENTS
                 Enable this option if you have a laptop with a buggy  ACPI  implementation  that
                 doesn't  send  out AC adapter events. Enabling this option will make laptop mode
                 check the AC adapter state whenever the battery state  changes,  which  achieves
                 just about the same effect as responding to AC adapter events.

       CONTROL_MOUNT_OPTIONS
                 When  this  option is enabled, laptop mode tools is allowed to control the mount
                 options for your filesystems. Disabling this will break CONTROL_NOATIME, but  it
                 will  most  probably  also  break  laptop  mode  itself, as changes to the mount
                 options are crucial for achieving spun-down hard drives.

       LM_DIRTY_RATIO

       NOLM_DIRTY_RATIO
                 This option specifies the percentage of system memory that is allowed to contain
                 unwritten modified data when laptop mode is active.

       LM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO

       NOLM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO
                 This option specifies the percentage of system memory that is allowed to contain
                 unwritten modified data after the DIRTY_RATIO barrier  has  been  crossed.   The
                 effect  of  this  option  is  that  when more than DIRTY_RATIO percent of memory
                 contains modified data, the system will synchronously write back data until only
                 DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO percent of memory contains modified data.

       DEF_UPDATE

       DEF_XFS_AGE_BUFFER

       DEF_XFS_SYNC_INTERVAL

       DEF_XFS_BUFD_INTERVAL

       DEF_MAX_AGE
                 These  options  contain  the  default  (non-laptop-mode)  values for some kernel
                 options that are modified when laptop mode is active. You do not  normally  need
                 to change these, they represent the normal kernel defaults.

       XFS_HZ    This  option specifies the number of units in a second that is utilized by a 2.4
                 kernel. If you run a 2.4 kernel with an XFS filesystem  on  non-Intel  hardware,
                 you  need  to change this option to reflect the kernel "ticks per second" value,
                 which is the kernel variable HZ. Unfortunately this is not exposed anywhere,  so
                 you'll have to specify it manually.

       LM_SECONDS_BEFORE_SYNC
                 The  number of seconds that laptop mode waits after the disk goes idle before it
                 starts a full sync. This should always be less than your hard disk idle timeout,
                 because  otherwise  you'll have a sync directly after your drive spins down. Two
                 seconds is usually a good value for this option.

       XFS_HZ    This option expresses the unit of the XFS tuning parameters. The default is 100.
                 This  option is only useful for 2.4 kernels that have a value for HZ that is not
                 100. In the 2.6 kernel series, the XFS interfaces were modified  to  always  use
                 USER_HZ (which is currently always 100), so for these kernels you do not need to
                 modify this value. Also, on 2.4 kernels the value of HZ  is  100  for  the  most
                 common  architectures,  so  you  need  only  change this value if you use a less
                 common architecture.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ethernet.conf
       The ethernet module allows you to control the behavior of your ethernet devices during  AC
       and battery states.

       CONTROL_ETHERNET
                 Enable this to control various aspects of power savings in the ethernet devices.

       BATT_THROTTLE_ETHERNET=1

       LM_AC_THROTTLE_ETHERNET=0

       NOLM_AC_THROTTLE_ETHERNET=0
                 These  options  specify  the power states in which you would like to control the
                 ethernet device

       THROTTLE_SPEED
                 Here, you can specify the throttling speed for your ethernet device. The default
                 is  "slowest".  Valid  values  are  "slowest",  "fastest"  or  the speed of your
                 ethernet device, like 1000. To know the exact speed of your ethernet device, you
                 can use the ethtool tool.

       DISABLE_WAKEUP_ON_LAN
                 This  setting  controls  the  option  to  enable/disable  the  WoL (Wake On LAN)
                 feature.  It permanently disables  the  WOL  feature  on  the  ethernet  device.
                 Default is 1.  Set it to 0 to enable the WOL feature.

       ETHERNET_DEVICES
                 Specify the list of ethernet devices to control. Defaults to eth0

       DISABLE_ETHERNET_ON_BATTERY
                 Set  this  to  1  if  you  want  to completely disable your ethernet device when
                 running on battery. Default is 0

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/cpufreq.conf
       The cpufreq module allows  you  to  control  the  Linux  kernel's  CPU  frequency  scaling
       settings.

       CONTROL_CPU_FREQUENCY
                 When  this  option  is  enabled, laptop mode tools controls your CPU's frequency
                 scaling bounds and the scaling governor. This option is currently only supported
                 on 2.6 kernels.

       BATT_CPU_MAXFREQ

       BATT_CPU_INFREQ

       BATT_CPU_GOVERNOR

       BATT_CPU_IGNORE_NICE_LOAD

       LM_AC_CPU_MAXFREQ

       LM_AC_CPU_MINFREQ

       LM_AC_CPU_GOVERNOR

       LM_AC_CPU_IGNORE_NICE_LOAD

       NOLM_AC_CPU_MAXFREQ

       NOLM_AC_CPU_MINFREQ

       NOLM_AC_CPU_GOVERNOR

       NOLM_AC_CPU_IGNORE_NICE_LOAD
                 These  options  specify  the  CPU  frequency  bounds and scaling governor in the
                 various power states. You can change the MAXFREQ and MINFREQ values to any value
                 listed in
                       /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies.
                 In  addition,  you can use "fastest" and "slowest". The GOVERNOR option controls
                 the setting for /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/scaling_governor. The  available
                 options  are  dependent  on  the  installed  kernel.  The  most  common ones are
                 "conservative",  "performance"  and  "ondemand".  The  IGNORE_NICE_LOAD   option
                 controls  a  setting  that  is  available  for the "conservative" and "ondemand"
                 governors. Set this option to 1 if you want the frequency  scaling  governor  to
                 not  increase the CPU frequency for the sake of low-priority ("nice") background
                 processes.

       CONTROL_CPU_THROTTLING
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode tools controls  your  CPU's  throttling
                 level.   It  is only useful if your CPU doesn't support frequency scaling.  This
                 option is only supported on some ACPI hardware.

       BATT_CPU_THROTTLING

       LM_AC_CPU_THROTTLING

       NOLM_AC_CPU_THROTTLING
                 These options specify the throttling level for the  CPU  in  the  various  power
                 states.      You     can     change     it    to    any    level    listed    in
                 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling (use only the number!).  In  addition,  you
                 can  use  "maximum"  (which  is  the slowest option), "minimum" (full speed) and
                 "medium" (about halfway).

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/sched-smt-power-savings.conf
       The sched-smt-power-savings module controls the behavior of the process scheduler  on  SMT
       boxes, when running in battery mode.

       CONTROL_SCHED_SMT_POWER_SAVINGS
                 Set  this  to  1  to  enable  power  savings  in  the  process scheduler for SMT
                 processors.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/dpms-standby.conf
       The dpms-standby module allows you to control the DPMS standby timeouts for X displays.

       CONTROL_DPMS_STANDBY
                 When this option is enabled, laptop mode will control the DPMS  standby  timeout
                 for  all X displays on the machine that users have logged on to.  In short, this
                 allows laptop mode to control the time after which your screen is blanked.

                 There is one limitation to this feature:  the  settings  are  not  automatically
                 applied  to  new X logons. This can be fixed by configuring the display manager.
                 For  the  gdm  display  manager,  configure  a  PostLogin   directory   (usually
                 /etc/gdm/PostLogin  or  /etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin),  and in that directory create a
                 shell script called Default. In that file, include the command:

                      ( sleep 60 ; /usr/sbin/laptop_mode force ) &

                      Similar configurations are  possible  for  other  window  managers.  Please
                      consult your window manager documentation for more information.

       BATT_DPMS_STANDBY

       LM_AC_DPMS_STANDBY

       NOLM_AC_DPMS_STANDBY
                 These  options  specify  the  display  standby  timeouts  for the X displays, in
                 seconds.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/terminal-blanking.conf
       The terminal-blanking module allows you to control the terminal blanking timeouts for  the
       Linux text console.

       CONTROL_TERMINAL
                 When  this  option  is  enabled,  laptop mode will control the terminal blanking
                 settings for Linux's virtual consoles.

       TERMINALS This option should contain a space-separated list of console device  files  that
                 should  be  affected  by the terminal blanking settings. Only one console device
                 file needs to be included, because the settings are shared between  all  virtual
                 consoles. By default this setting is set to /dev/tty1.

       BATT_TERMINAL_BLANK_MINUTES

       LM_AC_TERMINAL_BLANK_MINUTES

       NOLM_AC_TERMINAL_BLANK_MINUTES

       BATT_TERMINAL_POWERDOWN_MINUTES

       LM_AC_TERMINAL_POWERDOWN_MINUTES

       NOLM_AC_TERMINAL_POWERDOWN_MINUTES
                 These  options specify the terminal blanking and powerdown timeouts, in minutes.
                 The allowed ranges are 1-60 minutes, or 0 to disable blanking or powerdown.  The
                 values  are cumulative: the powerdown value is counted from the moment of screen
                 blanking, not from the start of inactivity.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/lcd-brightness.conf
       The lcd-brightness module allows you to control the brightness of your LCD screen.

       CONTROL_BRIGHTNESS
                 When this  option  is  enabled,  laptop  mode  will  adjust  your  LCD  screen's
                 brightness  settings, if possible. You must configure the following settings for
                 this to work.

       BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND

       LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND

       NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND

       BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT
                 The BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND settings specify commands  that  should  be  executed  in
                 order to set the brightness of your LCD. The BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT setting specifies
                 where the output of the command will be written. For  instance,  if  your  LCD's
                 brightness  is  adjusted  by  writing  a  numeric  value  3  to  a  file  called
                 /proc/brightness, you should set the command to "echo 3" and the output file  to
                 "/proc/brightness".  If  your  LCD's brightness is adjusted using a utility like
                 "toshset", you should include the entire toshset command line  as  the  command,
                 and set the output file to "/dev/null".

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/auto-hibernate.conf
       The  auto-hibernate  module  allows  you to automatically hibernate your computer when the
       battery goes critical or when the battery level goes below a certain threshold.

       ENABLE_AUTO_HIBERNATION
                 When this option is enabled,  laptop  mode  will  automatically  hibernate  your
                 computer  when  the battery level reaches a certain configurable threshold. This
                 feature is only available when ACPI is enabled.

       HIBERNATE_COMMAND
                 This option specifies the command that laptop mode  should  execute  when  auto-
                 hibernation   is   triggered.   Normally,   this   is   set  to  something  like
                 "/usr/sbin/hibernate".

       AUTO_HIBERNATION_BATTERY_CHARGE_PERCENT
                 The battery level threshold for  auto-hibernation,  as  a  percentage  of  total
                 battery capacity.

       AUTO_HIBERNATION_ON_CRITICAL_BATTERY_LEVEL
                 When  this  option  is  enabled,  auto-hibernation will kick in when the battery
                 reports its state as "critical".

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/battery-level-polling.conf
       Some battery hardware does not send out proper level  change  events,  or  too  infrequent
       ones.  For such hardware, laptop mode tools will not detect that the battery has reached a
       critical level. The battery-level-polling module allows  you  to  use  the  auto-hibernate
       module  and the other battery level dependent features of laptop mode tools even when your
       battery does not send out frequent ACPI to indicate a change in level.

       ENABLE_BATTERY_LEVEL_POLLING
                 When this option is enabled, laptop  mode  tools  will  automatically  poll  the
                 battery  level  every  once in a while to see if the levels have changed, and to
                 see if actions should be taken as a consequence.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/start-stop-programs.conf
       The start-stop-programs module allows you to start or  stop  programs  when  the  computer
       switches to a different power state.

       CONTROL_START_STOP
                 If  this  option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically start and stop
                 daemons or other programs for you. The actual configuration of which daemons are
                 to  be  stopped/started is done by placing links to the daemons' init scripts in
                 the following directories:

                    /etc/laptop-mode/batt-start

                    /etc/laptop-mode/batt-stop

                    /etc/laptop-mode/lm-ac-start

                    /etc/laptop-mode/lm-ac-stop

                    /etc/laptop-mode/nolm-ac-start

                    /etc/laptop-mode/nolm-ac-stop
                 As you have probably guessed,  the  directories  of  the  form  "X-stop-daemons"
                 should  contain  init  scripts of daemons that you want stopped in mode X, while
                 the directories of the form "X-start-daemons" should  contain  init  scripts  of
                 daemons  that  you  want  started in mode X. Of course, it is possible to put in
                 your own handling of modes as well: the only requirement on the scripts  in  the
                 directories  is  that  they  handle  the  "start" and "stop" commands, like init
                 scripts usually do.

                 The ordering of the script handling is as follows. When a mode is  entered,  the
                 actions  of  the  previous mode are undone, in reverse order. This means that if
                 the previous mode had done "daemon1 stop", "daemon2 stop" and  "daemon3  start",
                 then  the  undoing  actions  will  be  "daemon3 stop", "daemon2 start", "daemon1
                 start". After that, the stop-scripts for the new mode are called, and  then  the
                 start-scripts   are   called.   Please  note  that  there  is  no  detection  of
                 commonalities between modes at this point, i.e., if the mode you're coming  from
                 and  the  mode you're going to both specify that a daemon "X" should be stopped,
                 then the daemon will be un-stopped (that is, started) while leaving the previous
                 mode, and then stopped again.

       BATT_STOP

       BATT_START

       LM_AC_STOP

       LM_AC_START

       NOLM_AC_STOP

       NOLM_AC_START
                 These options allow you to stop services (through their init scripts) in certain
                 power states. Specify a space-separated list of service names in these  options.
                 These  services are started/stopped together with the files from the directories
                 mentioned above.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ac97-powersave.conf
       The ac97-powersave module allows you to enable  the  Intel  AC97  integrated  audio  power
       saving mode.

       CONTROL_AC97_POWER
                 If  this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically enable the AC97
                 power saving settings. The power saving settings are always enabled, not only on
                 battery  power.  Note: On some machines it has been reported that the AC97 power
                 savings triggers the annoying click sound during power state transitions

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/nmi-watchdog.conf
       The nmi-watchdog module allows you  to  enable  the  NMI  Watchdog  timer  power  savings.
       Enabling this module lowers down one hw-pmu counter.

       CONTROL_NMI_WATCHDOG
                 If  this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically disable the NMI
                 Watchdog timer when on battery. This  module  is  part  of  auto  modules.  Thus
                 enabling auto modules setting will activate this module automatically.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/pci-aspm.conf
       The  pcie-aspm  module  allows  you  to  enable  the PCI Express (PCIe) Active State Power
       Management (ASPM).

       CONTROL_PCI_ASPM
                 If this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will enable PCI ASPM powersave mode
                 when on battery. This module is part of auto modules. Thus enabling auto modules
                 setting will activate this module automatically. PCIe ASPM may require that  the
                 pcie_aspm=force kernel option is enabled.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/runtime-pm.conf
       The  runtime-pm module allows you to enable the Runtime Power Management framework for the
       Linux kernel.

       CONTROL_RUNTIME_PM
                 If this option is enabled, laptop  mode  tools  will  automatically  enable  the
                 Kernel's Runtime Power Management settings. The power saving settings are always
                 enabled, not only on battery power.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-hda-powersave.conf
       The intel-hda-powersave module allows you to enable the Intel HDA integrated  audio  power
       saving mode.

       CONTROL_INTEL_HDA_POWER
                 If this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically enable the Intel
                 HDA power saving settings. The power saving settings  are  always  enabled,  not
                 only on battery power.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/configuration-file-control.conf
       The configuration-file-control module allows you to switch between different configuration
       files when the computer is in different power states.

       The primary use for this feature is for controlling  the  configuration  files  of  syslog
       daemons.  Syslog  daemons have a tendency to sync their log files when entries are written
       to them. This causes disks to spin up, which is not very nice when you're trying  to  save
       power.  The  syslog.conf configuration file can be tweaked so that syslogd will not sync a
       given file, by prepending the log file name with a dash, like this:

            mail.*      -/var/log/mail/mail.log

       Note: This feature will NOT work if CONTROL_SYSLOG_CONF is set  in  laptop-mode.conf.   To
       start  using this feature, remove the CONTROL_SYSLOG_CONF section in laptop-mode.conf, and
       then restart the laptop-mode-tools service. The new config files have different names than
       the old ones, and settings are NOT migrated. You will have to do this manually.

       CONTROL_CONFIG_FILES
                 If  this  option is enabled, laptop mode tools will use the following options to
                 switch configuration files depending on the power state.

       CONFIG_FILES
                 This option should contain a space-separated list of  configuration  files  that
                 should be switched around depending on the power state.

                 For  each  configuration file, the specific configuration files will be named as
                 follows:

                      <conffile>-nolm-ac

                      <conffile>-lm-ac

                      <conffile>-batt

                 The first file will be used when the system is on AC power and  laptop  mode  is
                 not  active.  The  second  file  will be used when the system is on AC power and
                 laptop mode is active. The third file will be used when the system is on battery
                 power.

                 When the laptop mode tools service is enabled, it will replace the configuration
                 files with a symlink to one of the three state-based  configuration  files.  The
                 original configuration file will be saved as <config file>.lmbackup, and it will
                 be restored when the laptop mode tools service is disabled.

                 When you add files to this list, make sure to also add the appropriate  programs
                 and services to the configuration settings below.

                 You  can  create  the alternate configuration files yourself. If you don't, they
                 will be created by laptop mode tools the next time it is restarted. To force the
                 files  to be created, run the laptop-mode service init script with the "restart"
                 parameter.

       CONFIG_FILE_SIGNAL_PROGRAMS
                 This option should contain a space-separated list of  programs  that  should  be
                 signalled  after the config files have been switched around. This only works for
                 programs that respond to the SIGHUP  signal  by  reloading  their  configuration
                 files.

       CONFIG_FILE_RELOAD_SERVICES
                 This  option  should  contain a space-separated list of services which should be
                 reloaded after the config files have been switched around.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-power.conf
       The wireless-power module allows you to alter the power management settings  for  wireless
       network  adapters  that support the iwconfig "power" option. This module is not usable for
       Intel network adapters that use the iwlwifi or ipw drivers, they are supported by separate
       modules described below.

       CONTROL_WIRELESS_POWER_SAVING
                 If  this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will set the wireless power saving
                 mode settings based on the power state.

       WIRELESS_AC_POWER_SAVING

       WIRELESS_BATT_POWER_SAVING
                 These settings define the power saving modes on AC and on battery.  The  allowed
                 values are 0 (to disable power saving mode) and 1 (to enable power saving mode).

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-ipw-power.conf
       The  wireless-ipw-power module allows you to alter the power management settings for Intel
       PRO/Wireless 3945, 2100 and 2200 wireless network adapters. This module  is  intended  for
       use with the ipw3945, ipw2100, ipw2200 drivers, not with the iwlwifi drivers.

       CONTROL_IPW_POWER
                 If  this  option  is  enabled,  laptop  mode  tools  will set the wireless power
                 management settings based on the power state.

       IPW3945_AC_POWER

       IPW3945_BATT_POWER
                 These settings define the power management levels for the  ipw3945  driver.  The
                 defaults are 6 for AC, and 7 for battery mode. The allowed values are 1 (highest
                 power) to 5 (lowest power), 6 (AC mode, full power) and 7 (battery mode,  lowest
                 power).

       IPW2100_AC_POWER

       IPW2100_BATT_POWER
                 These  settings  define  the power management levels for the ipw2100 driver. The
                 defaults are 0 for AC mode and 5 for battery mode.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-iwl-power.conf
       The wireless-iwl-power module allows you to alter the power management settings for  Intel
       PRO/Wireless  3945  and  Intel  WiFi  Link 4965 wireless network adapters.  This module is
       intended for use with the iwlwifi drivers, not with the old ipw drivers.

       CONTROL_IWL_POWER
                 If this option is enabled,  laptop  mode  tools  will  set  the  wireless  power
                 management settings based on the power state.

       IWL_AC_POWER

       IWL_BATT_POWER
                 These  settings  define  the  power  management levels on AC and on battery. The
                 defaults are 0 for AC, and 3 for battery mode. The allowed values are 0 (highest
                 power)  to 5 (lowest power), 6 (AC mode, full power) and 7 (battery mode, lowest
                 power).

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/exec-commands.conf
       There can be many odd machines and many power  savings  settings,  that  laptop-mode-tools
       currently does not cover. If you run into a similar power saving problem, where you do not
       have a laptop-mode-tools module for it, you can use the exec-commands  module  to  trigger
       the command during power state changes. Please do contribute back the power saving item as
       a module to the upstream developers.

       CONTROL_EXEC_COMMANDS
                 Set this to 0 to  disable  execution  of  custom  commands  during  power  state
                 changes. Default is auto.

       BATT_EXEC_COMMAND_0=

       BATT_EXEC_COMMAND_1=

       LM_AC_EXEC_COMMAND_0=

       LM_AC_EXEC_COMMAND_1=

       NOLM_AC_EXEC_COMMAND_0=

       NOLM_AC_EXEC_COMMAND_1=
                 Here  you  can  specify  your  custom command that will need to be executed. The
                 numbers can grow upto 9. The command needs to be specified in double quotes

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf
       The usb-autosuspend module allows you to  automatically  enable  the  Linux  kernel's  USB
       autosuspend feature for all USB devices.

       CONTROL_USB_AUTOSUSPEND
                 If  this  option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically enable the USB
                 autosuspend feature for all devices. The USB autosuspend feature will always  be
                 enabled, not only on battery power.

       AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST
                 Here,  you can specify the list of USB IDs that should not use autosuspend.  Use
                 lsusb   to   find   out   the   IDs   of    your    USB    devices.     Example:
                 AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST="046d:c025 0123:abcd"

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/eee-superhe.conf
       The  eee-superhe module allows you to control the CPU frequency scalling on the EEE PC. It
       requires the eeepc_laptop kernel module to be loaded.

       CONTROL_SUPERHE
                 It this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically control the  FSB
                 speed on the EEE PC.

       BATT_SUPERHE

       LM_AC_SUPERHE

       NOLM_AC_SUPERHE
                 These  settings  define  the  power  management levels on AC and on battery. The
                 defaults are 0 for LM_AC and NOLM_AC, and 2 for battery mode.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/hal-polling.conf
       The hal-polling module allows you to control the polling of  CD/DVD  drives  by  HAL.  The
       polling  is  needed  for  some  drives  to detect inserted CDs, but it uses a considerable
       amount of power. Enable this module to disable the polling, but only if our drive  doesn't
       need it, or if you are willing to mount CDs manually in exchange for the power saving.

       CONTROL_HAL_POLLING
                 If  this  option  is  enabled,  laptop  mode  tools will control the HAL polling
                 behaviour.

       BATT_DISABLE_HAL_POLLING

       AC_DISABLE_HAL_POLLING
                 These settings define the polling behaviour on AC and  on  battery.  To  disable
                 polling, set the options to 1, to enable, set them to 0.

       HAL_POLLING_DEVICES
                 This  setting  defines  for which devices the polling behaviour will be altered.
                 It should contain a space separated list of devices.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/bluetooth.conf
       The bluetooth module allows you to enable/disable bluetooth depending on the power state.

       CONTROL_BLUETOOTH
                 If this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will enable/disable bluetooth  when
                 the power state changes.

       BATT_ENABLE_BLUETOOTH

       AC_ENABLE_BLUETOOTH
                 These  settings  define  whether  bluetooth  is enabled on AC and on battery. To
                 disable bluetooth, set the options to 0, to enable, set them to 1.

       BLUETOOTH_INTERFACES
                 This setting defines the interfaces the bluetooth module will control. It should
                 contain  a space separated list of interfaces. (Note that you probably have only
                 one bluetooth interface, and it will probably be named "hci0".)

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf
       The intel-sata-powermgmt module allows you to enable the power saving mode for Intel  AHCI
       compliant  SATA controllers. This power saving mode is also known as Aggressive Link Power
       Management (ALPM).

       CONTROL_INTEL_SATA_POWER
                 If this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will automatically enable the Intel
                 SATA  controller  power  saving  settings.  The power saving settings are always
                 enabled, not only on battery power.

       BATT_ACTIVATE_SATA_POWER=1

       LM_AC_ACTIVATE_SATA_POWER=0

       NOLM_AC_ACTIVATE_SATA_POWER=0
                 These settings control the behavior of the SATA devices  under  AC  and  battery
                 power states

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/sched-mc-power-savings.conf
       The sched-mc-power-savings module allows you to tune the Linux kernel process scheduler to
       optimize for power usage on multi-core and multi-processor computers.

       CONTROL_SCHED_MC_POWER_SAVINGS
                 If this option is enabled, laptop mode tools will  automatically  configure  the
                 kernel  process  scheduler  to optimize for power usage on multi-core and multi-
                 processor computers. The optimizations will only be enabled in battery mode.

   /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/video-out.conf
       The video-out module allows you to selectively disable  video  outputs  depending  on  the
       power status. This works only for video hardware that supports xrandr.

       CONTROL_VIDEO_OUTPUTS
                 If  this  option  is  enabled,  laptop mode tools will automatically disable the
                 configured video outputs.

       BATT_DISABLE_VIDEO_OUTPUTS

       LM_AC_DISABLE_VIDEO_OUTPUTS

       NOLM_AC_DISABLE_VIDEO_OUTPUTS
                 These settings define which video outputs are to  be  disabled  in  which  power
                 state. The format is a space-separated list of outputs. The allowed names of the
                 outputs depend on what the video hardware supports, they can be found by running
                 the "xrandr" command.

SEE ALSO

       laptop_mode(8).

       lm-profiler(8).

       hdparm(8).

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was written by Bart Samwel (bart@samwel.tk).  Permission is granted to
       copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of  the  GNU  General  Public
       License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

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