On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:15:10AM -0400, William Hooper wrote: > > > > > Well (on FC2) that file is indeed there but its value never changes from > > 0 regardless of whether the power lead is plugged in or I'm on batteries. > > To quote the FC1 release notes: > > To enable laptop mode, issue the following command: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode > > To disable laptop mode, issue the following command: > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode It seems that putting a corresponding entry in /etc/sysctl.conf would be a healthier practice. Maybe it should exist in a "virgin" installed sysctl.conf with a default value of 0? Michal