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Package: acpi-support (0.131-4 and others)

scripts for handling many ACPI events

This package contains scripts to react to various ACPI events. It only includes scripts for events that can be supported with some level of safety cross platform.

It is able to: 

 * Detect loss and gain of AC power, lid closure, and the press of a
   number of specific buttons (on Asus, IBM, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony
   and Toshiba laptops).
 * Suspend, hibernate and resume the computer, with workarounds for
   hardware that needs it.
 * On some laptops, set screen brightness.

Tags: System Administration: Hardware Support, Power Management, Hardware Enablement: Laptop, Power Management, ACPI Power Management, Implemented in: C, sh, bash, ksh, tcsh and other shells, Role: Program, Purpose: Hardware Driver

Other Packages Related to acpi-support

  • depends
  • recommends
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  • dep: acpi-support-base (>= 0.109-1)
    scripts for handling base ACPI events such as the power button
  • dep: acpid (>= 1.0.4)
    Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
  • dep: dmidecode (>= 2.7-1)
    Dump Desktop Management Interface data
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.0) [i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) [amd64]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.2) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: lsb-base (>= 1.3-9)
    Linux Standard Base 3.2 init script functionality
  • dep: pm-utils
    utilities and scripts for power management
  • dep: x11-xserver-utils
    X server utilities
  • rec: dbus
    simple interprocess messaging system
  • rec: hal
    Hardware Abstraction Layer
  • rec: nvclock
    Allows you to overclock your nVidia card under GNU/Linux
  • rec: radeontool
    utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops
  • rec: toshset [i386]
    Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
  • rec: vbetool
    run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state
  • rec: xscreensaver
    Automatic screensaver for X

Download acpi-support

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 0.131-4 51.2 kB804 kB [list of files]
i386 0.131-4 50.9 kB800 kB [list of files]
ia64 0.131-2 50.6 kB800 kB [list of files]