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[Richard Hughes]

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 03:16 -0500, Build System wrote:
> hal-0.5.7-1
> -----------
> * Fri Feb 24 2006 David Zeuthen <davidz at redhat.com> - 0.5.7-1
> - New upstream version 0.5.7 with several bug fixes
> - Don't restart hald on package upgrade
> - Pull in dmidecode on x86-ish and x86_64 architectures
> - Don't let HAL's Mount() method circumvent system policy (#182352)
> - Patch to use new pm-utils's new pm-powersave util properly

This means:

* That LCD brightness changing now works with PPC hardware (only for
hardware that supports changing the backlight brightness from software).
You can use gnome-power-manager to set policy when on AC and battery.

* HAL should now detect the power button on PPC (works for my iBook
clamshell), so that when pressed, the logout, shutdown, restart dialogue
is displayed. You'll need a very up to date g-p-m for this to work.

* HAL will can set a LowPowerMode when on battery power (just like
LaptopMode), that should save even more battery power when on battery.

Richard.