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Old 11-28-2003, 11:52 PM   #1
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Making a script to turn on/off laptop power controll

Was wondering if someone could help me make a bash script that could prompt me if I wanted to turn on/off my power saving options during boot or login. I really appreciate the help.
 
Old 11-29-2003, 12:51 AM   #2
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How about just modifying apm so that it will load, but able to turn it off temp. at the command prompt.
 
Old 11-29-2003, 02:13 AM   #3
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modprobe -r apm
 
Old 11-29-2003, 02:16 AM   #4
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can't do that...it says device is being used
 
  


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