Preventing subclassing in TOOL

Hi all,
does anyone know how to prevent subclassing in TOOL? (Currently using
3.0.L.2)
I have a class I distribute in a library whose methods I don't want
over-ridden.
I would be happy either to prevent the subclassing, or at runtime determine
that subclassing has
occured.
I have tried the objects classname attribute, but the subclass can have the
same name as
the superclass and so I am unable to see any difference.
Also, using the IsA method from Object doesn't help as it returns true
if the object is of the specified class or a subclass of the specified
class.
Some Forte classes prevent subclassing by having the runtime property
"Superclass for Custom Class" set, and I couldn't find any documentation on
this or how to set it.
Thanks for your time.
Jeff Shaw

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# There is a "system" to the configuration setting names:
# CONTROL_something=0/1 Determines whether Laptop Mode Tools controls
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# LM_something=value Value of "something" when laptop mode is active
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# Note that this configuration file is a fragment of shell script: you
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# desired configuration.
# Modules
# Laptop Mode Tools modules have separate configuration files, that can be
# found in /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d. Please look through these configuration
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# Enable/Disable laptop-mode-tools execution
# Set it to 0 to completely disable laptop-mode-tools from running
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# Configuration debugging
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# laptop_mode.
VERBOSE_OUTPUT=0
# Set this to 1 if you want to log messages to syslog
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# Run in shell debug mode
# Enable this if you would like to execute the entire laptop-mode-tools program
# in shell 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)
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# When to enable laptop mode
# "Laptop mode" is the mode in which laptop mode tools makes the computer
# consume less power. This includes the kernel "laptop_mode" feature, which
# allows your hard drives to spin down, as well as various other settings which
# can be tweaked by laptop mode tools. You can enable or disable all of these
# settings using the CONTROL_... options further down in this config file.
# Enable laptop mode when on battery power.
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_BATTERY=1
# Enable laptop mode when on AC power.
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_AC=1
# Enable laptop mode when the laptop's lid is closed, even when we're on AC
# power? (ACPI-ONLY)
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED=0
# Enable all simple zero-configuration auto modules
# This option enables all simple modules (listed below) without requiring
# the user to enable each module individually
# List of modules which can be automatically enabled with this setting are:
# ac97-powersave
# cpufreq
# dpms-standby
# eee-superhe
# ethernet
# exec-commands
# hal-polling
# hdparm
# intel-hda-powersave
# intel-sata-powermgmt
# runtime-pm
# sched-mc-power-savings
# sched-smt-power-savings
# terminal-blanking
# usb-autosuspend
# wireless-ipw-power
# wireless-iwl-power
# wireless-power
# Set this to 1 to enable all simple zero-configuration auto modules listed above.
# NOTE: You can explicitly enable/disable any of the above modules by changing their
# values in the individual settings file
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# When to enable data loss sensitive features
# When data loss sensitive features are disabled, laptop mode tools acts as if
# laptop mode were disabled, for those features only.
# Data loss sensitive features include:
# - laptop_mode (i.e., delayed writes)
# - hard drive write cache
# All of the options that follow can be set to 0 in order to prevent laptop
# mode tools from using them to stop data loss sensitive features. Use this
# when you have a battery that reports the wrong information, that confuses
# laptop mode tools.
# Disabling data loss sensitive features is ACPI-ONLY, and it only works if
# your battery gives off frequent ACPI events to indicate a change in battery
# level.
# NOTE: If your battery does NOT give off battery events often enough, you can
# enable the battery-level-polling module to make this work. Look at the
# file /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/battery-level-polling.conf for more information.
# Disable all data loss sensitive features when the battery level (in % of the
# battery capacity) reaches this value.
MINIMUM_BATTERY_CHARGE_PERCENT=3
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# Controlled hard drives and partitions
# For spinning down your hard drives, laptop mode will remount file systems and
# adjust hard drive spindown timeouts. These parameters specify which
# devices and partitions are affected by laptop mode.
# The drives that laptop mode controls.
# Separate them by a space, e.g. HD="/dev/hda /dev/hdb". The default is a
# wildcard, which will get you all your IDE and SCSI/SATA drives.
HD="/dev/[hs]d[abcdefgh]"
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# Separate the values by spaces. Use "auto" to indicate all partitions on drives
# listed in HD. You can add things to "auto", e.g. "auto /dev/hdc3". You can
# also specify mount points, e.g. "/mnt/data".
PARTITIONS="auto /dev/mapper/*"
# If this is enabled, laptop mode tools will assume that SCSI drives are
# really SATA drives that only _look_ like SCSI drives, and will use hdparm
# to control them. Set this to 0 if you have /dev/sd devices and you want
# laptop mode tools to use the "sdparm" command to control them.
ASSUME_SCSI_IS_SATA=1
# Hard drive behaviour settings
# These settings specify how laptop mode tools will adjust the various
# parameters of your hard drives and file systems.
# Maximum time, in seconds, of work that you are prepared to lose when your
# system crashes or power runs out. This is the maximum time that Laptop Mode
# will keep unsaved data waiting in memory before spinning up your hard drive.
LM_BATT_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS=600
LM_AC_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS=360
# Should laptop mode tools control readahead?
CONTROL_READAHEAD=1
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# by setting the disk readahead to a reasonable size, e.g. 3072 (3 MB).
# Effectively, the disk will read a complete MP3 at once, and will then spin
# down while the MP3/OGG is playing. Don't set this too high, because the
# readahead is applied to _all_ files that are read from disk.
LM_READAHEAD=3072
NOLM_READAHEAD=128
# Should laptop mode tools add the "noatime" option to the mount options when
# laptop mode is enabled?
CONTROL_NOATIME=0
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# more standards-compliant semantics, and allows more applications to work,
# while retaining a low level of atime updates (i.e., disk writes).
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# for battery and for AC with laptop mode on.
LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
LM_BATT_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
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# Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive power management settings?
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BATT_HD_POWERMGMT=128
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NOLM_AC_HD_WRITECACHE=1
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# Settings you probably don't want to touch
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# for completeness' sake.
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# disable this. If you do, then your hard drives will probably not spin down
# anymore.
CONTROL_MOUNT_OPTIONS=1
# Dirty synchronous ratio. At this percentage of dirty pages the process
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LM_DIRTY_RATIO=60
NOLM_DIRTY_RATIO=40
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
LM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=1
NOLM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=10
# kernel default settings -- don't touch these unless you know what you're
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DEF_UPDATE=5
DEF_XFS_AGE_BUFFER=15
DEF_XFS_SYNC_INTERVAL=30
DEF_XFS_BUFD_INTERVAL=1
DEF_MAX_AGE=30
# This must be adjusted manually to the value of HZ in the running kernel
# on 2.4, until the XFS people change their 2.4 external interfaces to work in
# centisecs. This can be automated, but it's a work in progress that still
# needs some fixes. On 2.6 kernels, XFS uses USER_HZ instead of HZ for
# external interfaces, and that is currently always set to 100. So you don't
# need to change this on 2.6.
XFS_HZ=100
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# a sync.
LM_SECONDS_BEFORE_SYNC=2
cpufreq.conf
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# For more information, consult the laptop-mode.conf(8) manual page.
# CPU frequency scaling and throttling
# Laptop mode tools can automatically adjust your kernel CPU frequency
# settings. This includes upper and lower limits and scaling governors.
# There is also support for CPU throttling, on systems that don't support
# frequency scaling.
# This feature only works on 2.6 kernels.
# IMPORTANT: In versions 1.36 and earlier, these settings were included in the
# main laptop-mode.conf configuration file. If they are still present, they
# overrule the settings in this file. To fix this, simply delete the settings
# from the main config file.
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# Set to 1 if you want to debug this module
DEBUG=0
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# CPU is able to operate at, "fastest" for the fastest speed,
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# The "governor" can be any governor installed on your system, this usually
# includes "ondemand", "conservative", and "performance". The
# "IGNORE_NICE_LOAD" setting specifies that background programs that have
# a low priority ("nice level") should not cause the CPU frequency to
# be increased. (You generally want this to be enabled in battery mode.)
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LM_AC_CPU_MINFREQ=slowest
LM_AC_CPU_GOVERNOR=ondemand
LM_AC_CPU_IGNORE_NICE_LOAD=1
NOLM_AC_CPU_MAXFREQ=fastest
NOLM_AC_CPU_MINFREQ=slowest
NOLM_AC_CPU_GOVERNOR=ondemand
NOLM_AC_CPU_IGNORE_NICE_LOAD=0
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# on processors that don't have frequency scaling.
# (Only works when you have /proc/acpi/processor/CPU*/throttling.)
# This is only useful on older P4 processors that do not support frequency
# scaling. On such processors, this is the only way to reduce power consumption
# but at the cost of higher performance penalty.
# Enable this only if you have a processor that does not support frequency scaling
# On most new processors, you might want to disable it.
# Set to 0 to disable.
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# somewhere in the middle (this is usually 50% for P4s), or any value listed
# in /proc/acpi/processor/CPU*/throttling. Be careful when using "maximum":
# this may be _very_ slow (in fact, with P4s it slows down the processor
# by a factor 8).
BATT_CPU_THROTTLING=medium
LM_AC_CPU_THROTTLING=medium
NOLM_AC_CPU_THROTTLING=minimum
battery-level-polling.conf
# Configuration file for Laptop Mode Tools module battery-level-polling.
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# Battery level polling settings
# This module allows laptop mode to react to battery level changes, even if the
# battery does not send out frequent ACPI events for such battery level changes.
# Note that this does NOT make ACPI-only features work on non-ACPI hardware.
# Enable debug mode for this module
# Set to 1 if you want to debug this module
DEBUG=0
# Enable this setting to enable battery level polling.
ENABLE_BATTERY_LEVEL_POLLING=1
hal-polling.conf
# Configuration file for Laptop Mode Tools module hal-polling.
# For more information, consult the laptop-mode.conf(8) manual page.
# HAL polling settings
# If you enable this module, laptop mode tools will control the polling of
# your CD/DVD drives by HAL. Disabling polling saves a considerable amount of
# power, but for some older CD/DVD drives it means that inserted CDs are no
# longer autodetected. In such cases, you must turn this option off.
# Alternatively, you can configure laptop mode tools to turn HAL polling on only
# when the laptop is running on AC power. This would mean that CDs are not
# autodetected while the laptop is running on battery power, but the power
# savings may be worth the extra manual labour when you insert a CD.
# Enable debug mode for this module
# Set to 1 if you want to debug this module
DEBUG=0
# Control HAL polling?
# Set to 0 to disablei, vs "auto".
CONTROL_HAL_POLLING=0
# Disable HAL polling on battery?
BATT_DISABLE_HAL_POLLING=0
# Disable HAL polling on AC?
AC_DISABLE_HAL_POLLING=0
# Drives to apply HAL polling settings to
HAL_POLLING_DEVICES="/dev/scd?"
Please let me know if you require any additional information. Thank you in advance for any help.
Last edited by Aesir (2011-04-14 14:35:09)

Aesir wrote:Can I make BATT_CPU_GOVERNOR=conservative even if it is not listed in the scaling_available_governors file?
If your governor isn't listed in scaling_available_governors, it won't work. See stqn's link for info on adding governors.
stqn wrote:Edit2: oh well, scrolling a bit up, the wiki says you don't need to add governors if you're using laptop-mode-tools... I don't know.
You do need governors if you're using laptop-mode-tools, because all laptop-mode-tools does is flip between them automatically.
If you're using cpufrequtils, you'll need the userspace governor for it to work properly. I don't use cpufrequtils personally, so I'm not sure how to get it to work in conjunction with laptop-mode-tools. You may have to disable frequency scaling in laptop-mode-tools by changing CONTROL_CPU_FREQUENCY to 0 in cpufreq.conf
Edit - now that I think about it, maybe laptop-mode-tools and cpufrequtils know how to load the modules themselves automatically. I guess try it and see if they can. You can check which governor is in use with:
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You can also manually change governors by running (as root):
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Of course, substitue the governor you want.
Last edited by redden0t8 (2011-03-29 19:27:12)

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Use:
Ideally you'd call the method as part of generating a page for an authentication or form in a dynamic fashion. (jsp /servlet) The returned string will allow the method to verify the sequence generated against the value returned by the vivo agent viewing the form. As part of validation you would write simple code to check if the string returned during the image generation doesn't match the form field for agent entry. If so you can deny the action, otherwise you can authorize it.
Enjoy!
Regards,
David

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Hi Mukesh,
>>Enable snipping tool via registry on local computer as it is restricted by gpo.
What do you mean by that it is restricted by group policy? Is there software restriction policy or Applocker policy preventing the Snipping Tool from running? If yes, it's recommended that we contact our domain admin or system admin to tackle the situation.
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Basically suspend and hibernate work, buuuuttt...
They only work when laptop-mode times out and sets the comp to suspend, then later into hibernate. It will not actually suspend when I give it a 'sudo pm-suspend' or hibernate with a 'sudo pm-hibernate'. I have never actually messed with suspend/hibernate, so I really have no idea what I am doing, or where to find the logs for it. Usually I do not use it, but for some reason it's bugging me lately.
Edit: The biggest peeve I have is that it will not suspend when I close the lid. Perhaps I should have stuck to using a GUI for this, I may have messed up my laptop-mode.conf somehow.
# Configuration for Laptop Mode Tools
# There is a "system" to the configuration setting names:
# CONTROL_something=0/1 Determines whether Laptop Mode Tools controls
# something
# LM_something=value Value of "something" when laptop mode is active
# NOLM_something=value Value of "something" when laptop mode is NOT
# active
# AC_something=value Value of "something" when the computer is running
# on AC power
# BATT_something=value Value of "something when the computer is running
# on battery power
# There can be combinations of LM_/NOLM_ and AC_/BATT_ prefixes, but the
# available prefixes are different for each setting. The available ones are
# documented in the manual page, laptop-mode.conf(8). If there is no LM_/
# NOLM_ in a setting name, then the value is used independently of laptop
# mode state, and similarly, if there is no AC_/BATT_, then the value is used
# independently of power state.
# Some options only work on ACPI systems. They are marked ACPI-ONLY.
# Note that this configuration file is a fragment of shell script: you
# can use all the features of the shell scripting language to achieve your
# desired configuration.
# Modules
# Laptop Mode Tools modules have separate configuration files, that can be
# found in /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d. Please look through these configuration
# files as well, there are many useful power saving tools in there!
# Configuration debugging
# Set this to 1 if you want to see a lot of information when you start/stop
# laptop_mode.
VERBOSE_OUTPUT=0
# When to enable laptop mode
# "Laptop mode" is the mode in which laptop mode tools makes the computer
# consume less power. This includes the kernel "laptop_mode" feature, which
# allows your hard drives to spin down, as well as various other settings which
# can be tweaked by laptop mode tools. You can enable or disable all of these
# settings using the CONTROL_... options further down in this config file.
# Enable laptop mode when on battery power.
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_BATTERY=1
# Enable laptop mode when on AC power.
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_AC=0
# Enable laptop mode when the laptop's lid is closed, even when we're on AC
# power? (ACPI-ONLY)
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED=1
# When to enable data loss sensitive features
# When data loss sensitive features are disabled, laptop mode tools acts as if
# laptop mode were disabled, for those features only.
# Data loss sensitive features include:
# - laptop_mode (i.e., delayed writes)
# - hard drive write cache
# All of the options that follow can be set to 0 in order to prevent laptop
# mode tools from using them to stop data loss sensitive features. Use this
# when you have a battery that reports the wrong information, that confuses
# laptop mode tools.
# Disabling data loss sensitive features is ACPI-ONLY.
# Disable all data loss sensitive features when the battery level (in % of the
# battery capacity) reaches this value.
#MINIMUM_BATTERY_CHARGE_PERCENT=5
# Disable data loss sensitive features when the battery reports its state
# as "critical".
DISABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_CRITICAL_BATTERY_LEVEL=1
# Controlled hard drives and partitions
# For spinning down your hard drives, laptop mode will remount file systems and
# adjust hard drive spindown timeouts. These parameters specify which
# devices and partitions are affected by laptop mode.
# The drives that laptop mode controls.
# Separate them by a space, e.g. HD="/dev/hda /dev/hdb". The default is a
# wildcard, which will get you all your IDE and SCSI/SATA drives.
HD="/dev/sda"
# The partitions (or mount points) that laptop mode controls.
# Separate the values by spaces. Use "auto" to indicate all partitions on drives
# listed in HD. You can add things to "auto", e.g. "auto /dev/hdc3". You can
# also specify mount points, e.g. "/mnt/data".
PARTITIONS="auto /dev/mapper/*"
# If this is enabled, laptop mode tools will assume that SCSI drives are
# really SATA drives that only _look_ like SCSI drives, and will use hdparm
# to control them. Set this to 0 if you have /dev/sd devices and you want
# laptop mode tools to use the "sdparm" command to control them.
ASSUME_SCSI_IS_SATA=1
# Hard drive behaviour settings
# These settings specify how laptop mode tools will adjust the various
# parameters of your hard drives and file systems.
# Maximum time, in seconds, of work that you are prepared to lose when your
# system crashes or power runs out. This is the maximum time that Laptop Mode
# will keep unsaved data waiting in memory before spinning up your hard drive.
LM_BATT_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS=600
LM_AC_MAX_LOST_WORK_SECONDS=360
# Should laptop mode tools control readahead?
CONTROL_READAHEAD=1
# Read-ahead, in kilobytes. You can spin down the disk while playing MP3/OGG
# by setting the disk readahead to a reasonable size, e.g. 3072 (3 MB).
# Effectively, the disk will read a complete MP3 at once, and will then spin
# down while the MP3/OGG is playing. Don't set this too high, because the
# readahead is applied to _all_ files that are read from disk.
LM_READAHEAD=3072
NOLM_READAHEAD=3072
# Should laptop mode tools add the "noatime" option to the mount options when
# laptop mode is enabled?
CONTROL_NOATIME=0
# Should laptop use relatime instead of noatime? The "relatime" mount option has
# more standards-compliant semantics, and allows more applications to work,
# while retaining a low level of atime updates (i.e., disk writes).
USE_RELATIME=1
# Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive idle timeout settings?
CONTROL_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT=1
# Idle timeout values. (hdparm -S)
# Default is 2 hours on AC (NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200) and 20 seconds
# for battery and for AC with laptop mode on.
LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
LM_BATT_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200
# Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive power management settings?
CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT=1
# Power management for HD (hdparm -B values)
BATT_HD_POWERMGMT=1
LM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT=254
NOLM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT=254
# Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive write cache settings?
CONTROL_HD_WRITECACHE=1
# Write cache settings for HD (hdparm -W values)
NOLM_AC_HD_WRITECACHE=1
NOLM_BATT_HD_WRITECACHE=0
LM_HD_WRITECACHE=0
# Settings you probably don't want to touch
# It is usually not necessary to change these parameters. They are included
# for completeness' sake.
# Change mount options on partitions in PARTITIONS? You don't really want to
# disable this. If you do, then your hard drives will probably not spin down
# anymore.
CONTROL_MOUNT_OPTIONS=1
# Dirty synchronous ratio. At this percentage of dirty pages the process
# which calls write() does its own writeback.
LM_DIRTY_RATIO=60
NOLM_DIRTY_RATIO=40
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
LM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=1
NOLM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=10
# kernel default settings -- don't touch these unless you know what you're
# doing.
DEF_UPDATE=5
DEF_XFS_AGE_BUFFER=15
DEF_XFS_SYNC_INTERVAL=30
DEF_XFS_BUFD_INTERVAL=1
DEF_MAX_AGE=30
# This must be adjusted manually to the value of HZ in the running kernel
# on 2.4, until the XFS people change their 2.4 external interfaces to work in
# centisecs. This can be automated, but it's a work in progress that still
# needs some fixes. On 2.6 kernels, XFS uses USER_HZ instead of HZ for
# external interfaces, and that is currently always set to 100. So you don't
# need to change this on 2.6.
XFS_HZ=100
# Seconds laptop mode has to to wait after the disk goes idle before doing
# a sync.
LM_SECONDS_BEFORE_SYNC=2
Edit/Update: After playing with it for a little while, I decided to try without starting laptop-mode-tools with the startup... and low and behold, it functioned perfectly.
Now all I need is to figure out a clean way of setting the CPU freq on and off AC and I am all set.
Last edited by LeoSolaris (2009-02-25 16:42:17)

Hello misslissa:
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Try this:
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