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Laptop Mode Tools - 1.64

Written for Laptop Mode Tools by Ritesh Raj Sarraf on 2013-09-10

 Hello Folks,

Laptop Mode Tools, version 1.64, has been released
This release includes a new graphical configuration utility. It can be used to toggle on/off the various modules for Laptop Mode Tools.

There are also a bunch of important bug fixes. It is highly recommended to upgrade to this version

Changelog:

1.64 -- Sun Sep 1 13:15:02 IST 2013

    Don't touch USB Controller power settings. The individual devices, when plugged in, while on battery, inherit the power settings from the USB controller
    start-stop-programs: add support for systemd. Thanks to Alexander Mezin
    Replace hardcoded path to udevadm with "which udevadm". Thanks to Alexander Mezin
    Honor .conf files only. Thanks to Sven Köhler
    Make '/usr/lib' path configurable. This is especially useful for systems that use /usr/lib64, or /lib64 directly. Thanks to Nicolas Braud-Santoni
    Don't call killall with the -g argument. Thanks to Murray Campbell
    Fix RPM Spec file build errors

We have switched the SCM to git. The current code repository is
available at [1] along with the changelog.

The tarball is available here [2].
The md5 checksum for the tarball is 58d7dbffe9a60746a67f4b2a27ab284f

[1] https://github.com/rickysarraf/laptop-mode-tools
[2]http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/tools/downloads/laptop-mode-tools_1.64.tar.gz

Laptop Mode Tools 1.63

Written for Laptop Mode Tools by Ritesh Raj Sarraf on 2013-03-23

 Hello Folks,

Laptop Mode Tools, version 1.63, has been released
This release adds a new module for PCIe ASPM. It also includes some important bug fixes.
Some changes have been added to accommodate Flash / NAND devices.
There's also a new setting parameter to disable battery alarm level check, in case you have a broken battery.

It is highly recommended to upgrade to this version

Changelog:

1.63 - Sat Mar 23 15:01:31 IST 2013
    * Kick the power savings back in, as soon as the stick is unplugged
    * Release lock descriptors in start-stop-programs module. Thanks Renat Sabitov
    * Add option to disable alarm level check. This is helpful if you have a
      broken battery reporting incorrect states. Thanks Mike Roddewig
    * Check for external helper application's presence. And if not available,
      handle it. Thanks Alain Kalker
    * Added PCIe ASPM module. Thanks Martin Wimpress
    * Do not ship the board-specific/ folder in default installs

We have switched the SCM to git. The current code repository is
available at [1] along with the changelog.

The tarball is available here [2].
The md5 checksum for the tarball is 58d7dbffe9a60746a67f4b2a27ab284f

[1] https://github.com/rickysarraf/laptop-mode-tools
[2]http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/tools/downloads/laptop-mode-tools_1.63.tar.gz

Laptop Mode Tools 1.62 Released

Written for Laptop Mode Tools by Ritesh Raj Sarraf on 2012-10-30

 Hello Folks,

Laptop Mode Tools, version 1.62, has been released
This release includes some real important bug fixes and should make power savings much better on your machines.It also includes support for operating systems using systemd as the init.
Also Thanks to Jasmine Hassan for her patience and help in fixing some of the bugs.

It is highly recommended to upgrade to this version

Changelog:

1.62 - Tue Oct 30 16:45:46 IST 2012
    * Add systemd support
    * Be specific on what file systems we want to handle. Given the wide range of
      file systems Linux has, we don't want to consider them all as not all of them
      fall under the power saving scenarios.
    * Factor out some common code
    * Do not touch autonegotiation settings. Fiddling with auto-negotiation settings
      can cause more problems and the standards expect them to be always on
    * Trim mount point display
    * Organize state/STATE tracking so that we get actual results.
    * cleaner output when asking status. Thanks Jasmine Hassan
    * Append to stdout/stderr to avoid truncating file logs
    * Fix spec file for RPM syntax

We have switched the SCM to git. The current code repository is
available at [1] along with the changelog.

The tarball is available here [2].
The md5 checksum for the tarball is a14283b14f09bb9b03f7faf928c07bb6

[1] https://github.com/rickysarraf/laptop-mode-tools
[2]http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/tools/downloads/laptop-mode-tools_1.62.tar.gz

Laptop Mode Tools 1.61 Released

Written for Laptop Mode Tools by Ritesh Raj Sarraf on 2012-05-17

1.61 - Thu May 17 17:44:26 IST 2012
    * Handle devices with persistent device naming. This fixes the issues where
      you don't have a disk referenced by a block name, the commit= value was
      completely skipped
    * Fix issue where hdparm skips SSDs for power management
    * Add parallel execution for the modules. In theory this should speeden up the
      execution. See git commit log comments for details
    * Add support for non-deafult customized settings
    * calculate design_capacity_warning on machines/arches where it is not readily
      available